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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 Harry discover when he calls the forensics department in Chapter 25?
2. The Swedish study on infidelity indicated that what percentage of people have a different biological father than the one they believed to be their father?
3. What does Harry find in Katrine's desk drawer in Chapter 24?
4. What did Mathias plan to do before his impending death overtook him?
5. Why is Aune disheartened about the case in Chapter 38?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Harry protect himself from Katrine in Chapter 29?
2. Who is Ståle Aune and what is his relationship to Harry?
3. What does Harry realize as the stem for his depression in Chapter 30?
4. What motive does Harry accuse Arve of having for the murders in Chapter 26?
5. When did Sylvia contact Arve about children that belonged to him? What did she say?
6. How do Harry and Bjørn manage to save Arve in Chapter 26?
7. Why does Mathias build a snowman in Chapter 33?
8. What does Harry find in Katrine's office in Chapter 24?
9. Why does Eli's murder stand apart from the other murders of the Snowman?
10. What is the significance of the Swedish study on genetics in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the narrative style of The Snowman. From what point of view is the story related? Why is this important? How would the story differ if it were related from a different perspective? In what ways does the narrative perspective relate to the novel's plot?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the character of Rakel Fauke in The Snowman. What is Rakel's relationship to Harry? What is their back-story? Why does Rakel become a near-victim of the Snowman's?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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