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

2. What does Johannes have in the safe security box?

3. What does the man say is too noble a word?

4. What does Wallander deny to the press that they are seeking?

5. What does Widen say 15 of his horses need?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the woman who answers Per Akeson's door.

2. How does Borman agree to help Wallander?

3. What do the old man and his wife see when they enter the Lovgren's house?

4. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

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

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

7. Describe Wallander's phone call with Mona.

8. How does Herdin say Johannes received his fortune?

9. What does the reader find out about refugees in Sweden in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Anette connected with the case? What role does the author suggest she will play in the book in the future? Why is this role important to the book's meaning?

Essay Topic 2

What makes Wallander such a good detective? What similarities does he share with other fictional detectives? How is he unique from other fictional detectives?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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