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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 is at the police station when Finlay and Reacher return after their chat?

2. What cargo is Sherman Stoller carrying when he is arrested for speeding in Jacksonville?

3. What is the name of the state where the story takes place?

4. What upsets Roscoe about the Morrisons' murders?

5. Where was Jack Reacher the night before his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Reacher drive to Atlanta at the beginning of Chapter 17?

6. Why doesn't Reacher get any useful information from Spivey?

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

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

9. How does Chief Morrison justify sending Hubble and Reacher to jail?

10. Describe Hubble's neighborhood and house.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Reacher commits several murders and some miscellaneous crimes in the course of the novel. Explain why Reacher feels that these actions are justified and why he does not feel any remorse or guilt for his behavior.

Essay Topic 2

Usually the protagonist of a novel is a dynamic character who changes over time because of conflicts or crises in a book. Explain why Reacher is or is not a dynamic character. Use examples from the novel to show how he does or does not change from the beginning to the conclusion of the book.

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from the novel to show how the author uses foreshadowing to suggest what will happen later in the novel. Are the clues the author uses obvious or subtle?

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