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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 method was used to cause the explosion Alex hears during a meeting at Scotland Yard in chapter 64?

2. Why does Ron Burns send Alex Cross to Paris?

3. What medication does the Wolf refuse to have?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the real identity of the man Alex was told was the Wolf?

6. What do bombs destroy is Paris?

7. What does the Wolf blow up at Scotland Yard?

8. Why is Joe Cahill arrested?

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

10. Who does the Wolf blow up in Long Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the kidnapping of Alex Cross's family. How many times has this happened to Cross's family? How does Alex feel about this attack on his family? Does it impact Cross' desire to be a cop? Is it supposed to? What is the purpose of this kidnapping? How does it affect the family members? How does it compare with a kidnapping Christine Johnson suffered in a previous novel? Why does the author make this parallel connection?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character development of the following characters, discussing how their characters changed through the plot and how that impacted the plot:

1) Alex Cross

2) The Wolf

3) The Weasel

Essay Topic 3

Discuss history and its impact on this plot. How does the author rely upon the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and other acts of terror to terrify his readers? Would the impact of the bombing of Sunrise Valley be the same on the reader if the reader was not aware of terror attacks that have taken place in the United States and other locations throughout the world? What is the probability of a terrorist hold multiple governments ransom like the Wolf has done in this novel? Where does the line between reality and fiction lie?

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