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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. Which one of the assassins actually kills the target?

2. Carmen is married to _________________.

3. Who picks Jack up while he is hitchhiking?

4. What does Reacher think that Carmen should do about Sloop returning?

5. What does Bobby tell Reacher about Carmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack Reacher get involved in murder, greed, and kidnapping?

2. After the three killers have taken care of their target, name three things they do as a cleanup.

3. List four characteristics of Jack Reacher.

4. What does Ellie request of Reacher at the end of Reacher's first day on the ranch?

5. What happens while Reacher is on a riding lesson with Carmen?

6. Why is Carmen really nervous to see the sheriff and her mother-in-law return to the ranch? How does Carmen show this nervousness?

7. What is happening when Carmen, Reacher, and Ellie arrive back at Carmen's husband's house?

8. What are two men and a boy busily doing in Chapter 1?

9. How has the watchers' routine changed at the start of Chapter 6?

10. What happens when Carmen asks Reacher to kill her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lee Child use "fire and burning" symbolism with the Greer family farm to make a connection with the Greer family? Use four examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What leadership qualities do you see in Reacher? What leadership qualities do you see in Carmen? What assumptions can be made if Reacher had not helped Carmen develop these?

Essay Topic 3

Name one of the major themes of the novel. Explain why and how it is a major theme of the story, citing at least four examples from the story.

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