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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. To whom is Alex taken after being kidnapped off the streets of Paris?

2. How do agents find Corky Hancock when they enter his house?

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

4. What woman in Alex's life, besides Nana Mama, intimidates him in this novel?

5. Why does the Wolf jump off the roof of the building where he has tried to lose Alex?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Alex visit Joe Cahill?

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

4. How does the Wolf die in chapter 119?

5. How much time does the Wolf give the leaders of the United States, England, and Germany before he will create another explosion?

6. Where does the reader see the Wolf in chapter 70? What does this say about the Wolf?

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

8. Who is driving a car that Alex believes belongs to the Wolf when it crashes over a cliff?

9. What transaction noted in a Swiss bank account leads Alex to Nice?

10. Why is Alex Cross kidnapped? What is cuffed to his wrist when he is released?

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 point of view. James Patterson often writes his novels from multiple points of view. How does the narration change with the characters in this novel? What kind of a narrator is Alex Cross? The Wolf? The Weasel? Is there an element of unreliable narrator in this novel? Does the author ever reveal his intentions with the plot through an authorial voice? For what purpose does the writer utilize these point of view techniques? How might the novel be different with a different point of view?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss structure. The novel is divided into more than one hundred twenty chapters. How does this number of chapters affect the tone and tension within the novel? Does the multiple use of short chapters increase the suspense of the plot? Does this number of chapters make the book easier or harder to read? Do these chapters offer all the information the reader needs to comprehend the direction of the plot? Discuss other elements of the novel's structure and the impact they have on the plot. Use examples from the novel.

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