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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth Cassady?
(a) The Weasel's psychiatrist and lover.
(b) The Weasel's cousin.
(c) The Weasel's physician.
(d) The Weasel's sister.

2. What is the name of the girl the Weasel brings home with him at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Maria.
(b) Alice.
(c) Christine.
(d) Jamilla.

3. In what city is the Wolf in at the beginning of chapter 12?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What disguise does Alex recall the Weasel once used while moving from America to England?
(a) Hobo clothing.
(b) A broken limb.
(c) White hair and a beard.
(d) A wheelchair.

5. What are Frances and Dougie told to do in chapters 3-5?
(a) Organize a party.
(b) Give up their children.
(c) Serve dinner.
(d) Evacuate the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Alex Cross come to Seattle?

2. What does the Wolf do to Yelizaveta Abramtsov upon her arrival back to her own home?

3. What item does the Wolf squeeze in his hand in chapters 25-32?

4. Who is Monnie Donnolley?

5. Who do the senior agents tell Alex has been murdered during the chaos of the alarm in the Hoover Building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dougie Puslowski killed during the evacuation of Sunrise Valley, Nevada?

2. What happens to a woman inside the building when the law enforcement agents raid the apartment?

3. Who is John Sampson? Why does Alex Cross tell him about the Weasel and the Wolf's ransom demands?

4. Who are the men who caused a disruption in the inner courtyard of the Hoover Building, allowing for the assassination attempt undertaken by Nikki Williams?

5. What interrupts Alex Cross's vacation?

6. Why is the young woman who brings the Weasel home killed? What does this foreshadow for the remainder of the novel?

7. Who was killed by Nikki Williams? Who was the intended victim?

8. Who does the Wolf turn to for financial support of his terrorist plans?

9. Who does Frances Puslowski see coming toward her trailer park as she hangs out the laundry?

10. What major bridge does the Weasel hire Bill Capistran to blow up?

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