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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Sara Kvinesland drive in Chapter 1?

2. Where does Harry go and ask for the key to the doctor's room in Chapter 16?

3. Where is the scene of a murder that Inspector Gert Rafto investigates in Chapter 5?

4. In what month and year is Chapter 2 set?

5. What has the killer done with Sylvia's head in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tresko able to determine from Arve's body language in Chapter 23?

2. What does Harry deduce about Sylvia's body in Chapter 10?

3. What is Skarre discussing with Katrine in Chapter 6? Why?

4. Where is Idar's body discovered? How did he die?

5. Where is Birte's cell phone found? How is it found?

6. What does the letter that Harry received from the Snowman indicate?

7. Where was Jonas to have a doctor's appointment? Why is this significant?

8. In what ways is Harry Hole an unlikely protagonist?

9. What are the reasons that Harry gives to explain why Idar did not kill himself?

10. Who is Inspector Gert Rafto and what is he investigating in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Katrine in The Snowman. When does Katrine begin working for the Oslo police? What is revealed about Katrine's history and her motivations in the course of the novel? How does Katrine's character evolve in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the settings in The Snowman. Where does Harry work? What is the general population of this area? What role does the setting of the novel play in its plot?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of The Snowman. Where does the exposition transition into the rising action of the plot? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement of the story?

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