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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. Whose house do the police keep on watch?

2. What does Wallander say is on the increase in Sweden?

3. What is the balding man's name?

4. What can Wallander see of the man standing in front of him?

5. What does Nils make illegally at home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the police find in Nils' apartment?

2. How does the Malawian witness waste police time?

3. What problems is the murder creating in Sweden?

4. What two messages does Wallander receive when he walks into his office on July 9th?

5. What happens at the dinner between Anette and Wallander?

6. Describe Wallander's time with Linda in this chapter?

7. How does this chapter show Wallander is unable to deal with the issues in his life?

8. Describe Wallander's meeting with Anette?

9. What bad news does Wallander receive at the end of the chapter?

10. What happens to Wallander's father in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems do the Swedish media cause for the police force? What does this say about the responsibility the media has towards society?

Essay Topic 2

What is Anette's role in the story? How will their relationship develop and what affect will it have on Wallander's personal life?

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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