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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. Who stands over Jonas with a knife at the end of Chapter 17?

2. What is Filip holding in his hand when he watches Harry depart in Chapter 10?

3. What is the female character carrying as the runs through the snow-laden forest in the end of Chapter 7?

4. Who from Bosse does Harry contact in Chapter 20?

5. What caused Rafto's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Skarre discussing with Katrine in Chapter 6? Why?

2. What is Tresko able to determine from Arve's body language in Chapter 23?

3. What is the genre of The Snowman? What are the characteristics of this literary genre?

4. What does Harry do when he finds a snowman outside his apartment in Chapter 20?

5. What is in the black book that Filip possesses?

6. What is the significance of the mold that is discussed in the novel?

7. Where is Birte's cell phone found? How is it found?

8. What is the significance of the drug carnadrioxide in the novel?

9. When and where is Chapter 2 set? Who are the characters introduced in this chapter?

10. Whom does Harry get information about from Mathias in Chapter 11? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the linear structure of The Snowman. Does the story move continuously forward in terms of events? When and where does the story step back or forward in time? Why does the author employ these techniques?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of personal demons in The Snowman. What are the personal demons that Harry must grapple with? What are the personal demons of the Snowman? How do the characters in this novel go about absolving their personal demons?

Essay Topic 3

Examine and discuss the exploration of gender roles and gender expectations in The Snowman. Why are the majority of the Snowman's victims female? Do you think there is a reason that the Snowman does not kill men as frequently? Why or why not?

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