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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 the immigration Service director accuse the police of practicing?

2. Who does the man ring first?

3. What can Wallander see is in store for him when he sees Rydberg's face?

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

5. Who does Widen say seldom get fat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Borman agree to help Wallander?

2. Describe Wallander's phone call with Mona.

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

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

5. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

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

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

8. What does the forensic report show about Johannes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the clues that lead to Wallander solving the case? What mistakes does Wallander make on the way?

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

Why do Swedes have such a strong sense of national identity? What problems can such nationalist feeling cause?

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