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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 does Harry tell he thinks that Katrine is the Snowman in Chapter 28?

2. On what day of the investigation does Chapter 31 begin?

3. The ring that Harry finds in Katrine's desk drawer is one that he recognizes from whose house?

4. What does Harry tell the psychiatrist that Katrine told him when she was taken into custody?

5. Why did the boys tease Mathias and throw snowballs at him when he was a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry discover at the Anatomy Department in Chapter 32?

2. What does Mathias realize when he sees his mother in the window in Chapter 33?

3. Who is Ståle Aune and what is his relationship to Harry?

4. How does Harry protect himself from Katrine in Chapter 29?

5. Why was Katrine reprimanded at her old job?

6. Why does Eli's murder stand apart from the other murders of the Snowman?

7. Why does Aune complain about the Snowman case in Chapter 38?

8. What does Harry realize as the stem for his depression in Chapter 30?

9. What does Harry find in Katrine's apartment in Chapter 24?

10. What information is related about Katrine in the novel's denouement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Hagen in the novel. What is Hagen's position with the Oslo police? How does Hagen regard Harry as a detective? How would you describe the relationship between Harry and Hagen?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and red herrings in The Snowman. What clues in the novel indicate later events? What clues lead the reader astray from the truth about the Snowman?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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