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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. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what is Jack going to check out?

2. What is the mayor's name?

3. What does Roscoe do when Reacher tells her that the intruders were looking for both of them?

4. Where are Charlie and the children going?

5. What does Reacher ask Finlay to do with the murder victim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Picard tell Reacher and Roscoe about Joe's rental car?

2. Why does Stoller's girlfriend, Judy, assume that Stoller is dead when Reacher and Roscoe come to the condominium?

3. How does Reacher know where Morrison's missing body parts will be?

4. Why do the police officers say that the murderer went crazy?

5. Why does Finlay go to talk to Morrison on Monday morning?

6. How does Reacher learn that he and Hubble are not on the holding floor?

7. Why, in Chapter 19, does Reacher say that the counterfeiting is not being done in Kliner's warehouse?

8. Why does Reacher drive to the Atlanta airport?

9. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

10. Why is Reacher released from prison on Sunday morning?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10, Reacher states that you might hate your brother, but "you didn't let anybody mess with him." Explain how that sense of loyalty affects Reacher and what, because of that loyalty, he does about his brother's murder.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 21, Reacher says that pressure can turn coal into diamonds and that pressure was doing things to him. Using examples from the novel, explain how Reacher reacts to pressure and how pressure influences his actions.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Joe and Reacher's relationship with one another from childhood to adulthood. How did their relationship change through the years? Use examples from the novel.

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