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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. Jack agrees to listen to Carmen as long as he gets ___________.

2. What makes the errand Bobby wants Reacher to run with Billy and Josh seem fishy to Reacher?

3. What size of a man is Reacher?

4. What does Bobby want Reacher to do on his first full day at the Red House Ranch?

5. Where does Bobby tell Reacher he will have to accompany Billy and Josh?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens with the routine change for the watchers?

3. What were the motives behind Carmen picking Reacher up when Reacher was hitchhiking?

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

5. What does the sheriff arrive at the ranch to tell Bobby?

6. What is the first meeting between Reacher and Carmen's daughter Ellie like?

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. What does Carmen say is the reason for her husband stopping the beatings eighteen months ago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the watchers, and who are the assassins? Who hired these people and why? Comparing these two groups, which group do you think did the better job and why?

Essay Topic 2

What assumptions can be made about being a wrangler at the Red House Ranch?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the pros and cons of Carmen and Ellie living at the Red House Ranch. List at least five of each.

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