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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 day of the investigation opens Chapter 10?

2. How many detectives does Harry ask Hagen to assign to the murder case in Chapter 7?

3. How many days has it been since anyone has heard from Harry in the beginning of Chapter 17?

4. With whom did Camilla's husband have an affair?

5. Where do Harry and his team conclude that the killer must have cut off Sylvia's head in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Sylvia killed? How is she killed?

2. What is the genre of The Snowman? What are the characteristics of this literary genre?

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

4. Whom does Harry get information about from Mathias in Chapter 11? Why?

5. What does Harry do when he finds a snowman outside his apartment in Chapter 20?

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

7. Where is The Snowman set? How does the setting inform the action of the plot?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Inspector Gert Rafto in The Snowman. What role does Rafto play in the novel's plot? What has happened to Rafto? What is Rafto's relationship to Katrine?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine and discuss the exploration of gender roles and gender expectations in The Snowman. Why are the majority of the Snowman's victims female? Do you think there is a reason that the Snowman does not kill men as frequently? Why or why not?

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