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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 does Arve give to Katrine when he leaves in Chapter 24?

2. How is the body of the Snowman's latest victim described in Chapter 32?

3. What is the blood type is determined for the blood found at the crime scene in Chapter 32?

4. Where does Katrine force Arve in Chapter 25?

5. What does Harry find in the printer at Katrine's apartment in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Katrine reprimanded at her old job?

2. What does Harry find in Katrine's office in Chapter 24?

3. What does Katrine do to Arve in Chapter 25?

4. Why does Eli's murder stand apart from the other murders of the Snowman?

5. What connection did Idar have to Arve?

6. What is the significance of the Swedish study on genetics in the novel?

7. Why does Mathias build a snowman in Chapter 33?

8. What does Filip tell Jonas in Chapter 37?

9. What does Mathias realize when he sees his mother in the window in Chapter 33?

10. What information is related about Katrine in the novel's denouement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Mathias in The Snowman. What does the reader learn about Mathias's childhood? What led to Mathias's actions as a serial killer? What happens to Mathias in the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and red herrings in The Snowman. What clues in the novel indicate later events? What clues lead the reader astray from the truth about the Snowman?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the linear structure of The Snowman. Does the story move continuously forward in terms of events? When and where does the story step back or forward in time? Why does the author employ these techniques?

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