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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 still burns inside Wallander?

2. What does the radio say has crashed?

3. What does Wallander do when he passes the old prison?

4. Who does Wallander want Borman to help him find?

5. What part of Johannes' body had the murderers tried to cut off?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way is Wallander's father strange?

4. Why does Wallander want to keep the information about the killers being foreign out of the media?

5. What problems does Wallnder have with the media knowing the police are looking for foreign killers?

6. What kind of relationship does Wallander have with his daughter Linda?

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

8. How does Wallender injure himself in this chapter?

9. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

10. How does Herdin say Johannes received his fortune?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different subplots in the story? How do they link to the main plot? Why is it important subplots have something in common with the main story? What is an example of a bad subplot?

Essay Topic 2

What problems does the book highlight about Swedish society? How does the author use genre conventions of a detective story to highlight these problems?

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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