View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Reacher agree to escape in Chapter 13?

2. Where does the man go to make a phone call about the room within a room?

3. What about the burned sedan gives the FBI agents clues to what happened to Holly?

4. How many dry cleaners does Mac find in the phone book?

5. What does Reacher say would happen to Holly's father should any trouble come into his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chapter 7 end?

2. How do Brogan and Milosevic link the dentist's car to the kidnappers?

3. What do Mac and Webster learn when they find the body of the kidnapper?

4. What happens when Mac takes the security footage to the tech department?

5. How does Reacher protect Holly from being raped in Chapter 17?

6. What lie does Mac tell his agents in Chapter 8?

7. Why does Reacher say he wants to get to know America?

8. Why does Holly begin to wonder about Reacher's history in Chapter 13?

9. Where do the kidnappers take Holly and Reacher in Chapter 21?

10. In Chapter 17, what confuses Reacher about the kidnappers taking Holly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's use of foreshadowing in "Die Trying".

Essay Topic 2

Examine the theme of proving oneself in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

Follow the development of Holly's relationship with Reacher throughout the novel. How is their relationship developed and defined? What does it do to help define the other character? What purpose does their relationship serve for the novel as a whole?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 648 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample