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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 unusual setting is the Wolf seen in when he arrives in Paris?

2. What medication does the Wolf refuse to have?

3. Who takes Alex home for breakfast in chapter 67?

4. What public structure is blown up with a car bomb in London?

5. Where does Alex take his son, Alex Jr., on a brief visit to see him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who lures Alex Cross out of his hotel room in London? For what purpose?

2. What happens in Paris after the president pays the Wolf's ransom?

3. Why does Alex visit Joe Cahill?

4. What does Alex do once he returns home from Paris?

5. What does Alex find when the home of Cahill's partner is searched?

6. What medical procedure does the Wolf undergo without benefit of anesthesia?

7. Why does Alex lead a raid on the Aglionby home?

8. Why does Alex Cross fly to Paris? What does he find there?

9. How does the Wolf die in chapter 119?

10. What is Alex Cross' experience with the French police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following settings of the novel in a detailed essay, using examples from the novel:

1) Washington, D.C.

2) Paris

3) London

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the tone of the novel. What is the tone when Alex Cross is the narrator, working on the case? Does the tone change when Alex goes home or when he is with Jamilla? Why? What affects the tone? What is the tone when the Wolf or one of his associates is the narrator? Is there a sense of danger during these sections of the novel? How is that explored in the tone?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in a detailed essay, using examples from the novel:

1) Justice

2) Revenge

3) Heroism

4) Family.

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