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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. What is the name of the town where Dougie and Frances live?

2. What is TriBeCa?

3. How is the Weasel treated while he is restrained inside his house?

4. Who lives in Seattle, Washington?

5. How does the terrorist claim the Weasel got out before the raid on the al Qaeda apartment in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Nikki as she finishes her job and goes to leave the helicopter?

2. What does Alex learn the Weasel was attempting to sell the terrorists during his visit to the apartment?

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

4. What item was sent to the directors of the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security after the bombing in Sunrise Valley?

5. What comes up missing from an Air Force base in New Mexico?

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

7. Why does the Wolf break into the home of the Red Mafiya couple in chapter 12?

8. What motive does the owner of the bomb launched against Sunrise Valley suggest he has for such an action?

9. From where was the Wolf's latest call made?

10. Who is the Weasel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the Wolf? Why does the Wolf want to hold the governments of the United States, France, and Germany to a ransom? What is the purpose of this ransom? How does the Wolf prove he is serious? Why does the Wolf not kill the people of Sunrise Valley? What does this say about the Wolf? What is the Wolf's favorite target? Why does the Wolf choose these targets? Why does the Wolf kill everyone who has seen his face? Why does the Wolf hand out assignments in puzzle pieces? How does this format help protect the Wolf from arrest? How does Alex Cross know who the Wolf is? What is the Wolf's connection to Tom Weir? How does this connection eventually lead Alex Cross to the Wolf's real identity?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Alex Jr. Who is Alex Jr.? How old is he? What impact has his birth had on Alex Cross?

Why does Alex Jr. not live with his father? What type of custody fight are Alex and Alex Jr.'s mother having? What impact does this custody battle have on Alex Cross? Why would Alex Jr.'s mother want to protect her child from his father? What has Alex Cross done to place his children in danger? Should Alex Cross get custody of his son?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the Weasel? Why is he called Weasel? What is his background? What crimes has he committed in a previous novel? Why does Alex Cross know who he is? Why does Cross want him found?

What crime did the Weasel commit that caused Alex Cross direct harm? What does Alex Cross want to do about that? Who finds the Weasel in the first section of this novel? For what person? What is the Weasel forced to do? For what reason? What happens when the Weasel and Alex Cross meet again? Is this justice?

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