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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. Where was Jack Reacher the night before his arrest?

2. Where is the county morgue located?

3. Who owns the panel van that Reacher sees on Tuesday morning?

4. Where do Reacher and Roscoe go to in Atlanta on Wednesday morning?

5. How many children does Hubble have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the woman who enters the convenience store when Reacher is there.

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

3. What does Charlie want Reacher to do?

4. Describe the chief of police.

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

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

7. A third murder victim has been found. Why is Reacher concerned when he reaches the police station and notices that Finlay looks stunned?

8. Why does Reacher drive to the Atlanta airport?

9. Why does Reacher believe that Spivey has arranged to have him killed?

10. How does Reacher describe his relationship with his brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reacher frequently uses deduction to figure out a course of action. Explain how Reacher uses deduction to decide what he should do, and how he uses deduction to solve the various problems he encounters in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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