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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the girl ask Wallander to help her?
(a) A ladder.
(b) The coffee.
(c) Some bricks.
(d) Food.

2. What race of people does Martinsson think committed the murders?
(a) Finnish.
(b) Russian.
(c) Latvians.
(d) Polish.

3. What part of Johannes' body had the murderers tried to cut off?
(a) His finger.
(b) His ear.
(c) His toe.
(d) His nose.

4. Who calls Wallander when he returns to his office?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His son.
(c) His wife.
(d) The hospital.

5. Why does Widen say he divorced his wife?
(a) He wanted to fufill his dreams.
(b) She started to smell like his father.
(c) He didn't want a family.
(d) He wanted freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Wallander run over on his way back to Ystad?

2. What does Wallander know are difficult to solve?

3. What does the man say stands still in the village?

4. How did Widen's father die?

5. Who phones Wallander at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What orders does Wallander give his men in this chapter?

2. Describe Wallander's phone call with Mona.

3. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

4. Describe the state of Johannes' body in this chapter?

5. How do Wallander and Sten know each other?

6. What does Wallender find out about Johannes in this chapter?

7. What does the old man see from his bedroom window?

8. How does Herdin say Johannes received his fortune?

9. In what way is Kurt Wallender's life currently a mess?

10. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

(see the answer keys)

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