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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. How long has Schroder's Restaurant been Harry's regular haunt?

2. How old are Pia and Roar Bohr's children?

3. What percent of people who can justify killing does Kaja say get PTSD?

4. In Chapter 8, how long has it been since walked out of the house he shared with Rakel and Oleg?

5. When was the last bear attack in Norway?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry persuade Oleg not to come to Oslo?

2. What wakes Harry in Chapter 3?

3. Why in the past did Kaja travel to Hong Kong to fetch Harry?

4. Why does Krohn, Fiinne's lawyer, say that Dagny Jensen has no case of rape against Finne?

5. In Chapter 15, what new motive does Harry realize might have caused Finne to kill Rakel?

6. Why does Sung-min Larsen believe Rakel's murder might have been spontaneous rather than planned?

7. What does Harry learn when he speaks to Pia Bohr in Chapter 26?

8. What disturbs Finne when he is camping in a dense pine forest?

9. In Chapter 14, why does Harry tell Katja that Finne might have killed Rakel, and why does Katja think that is not enough?

10. Where does Harry find Finne in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sung-min Larsen is an ambitious young detective. How would you describe Sung-min’s character and the type of person Nesbo portrays him to be?

Essay Topic 2

Harry and Rakel had ups and downs in their relationship. When she was killed, they were estranged. How would you describe the relationship between Harry and Rakel? How does Old Tjikko symbolize their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Jorn Glenne believes that Bohr may have killed Hala. Why does Jorn believe Bohr killed Hala?

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