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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carmen feel the way she does about Sloop's return from prison?
(a) She doesn't want him to meet Reacher.
(b) He knows she turned him in.
(c) She wants him to see how big Ellie is now.
(d) She loves him.

2. Where in the car do the killers put their target?
(a) The trunk.
(b) In the front seat.
(c) In the back seat.
(d) They let him drive.

3. Carmen believes the watchers were sent by __________.
(a) Sloop.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Rusty.
(d) Bobby.

4. Why is Carmen's husband in trouble with the law?
(a) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Assault.
(d) Tax evasion.

5. Reacher wishes he had waited for a ride from __________.
(a) A friend.
(b) An anonymous truck driver.
(c) The police.
(d) His father.

6. Who disrupts Reacher's sleep on his first night at the Red House Ranch?
(a) Josh and Billy.
(b) Ellie.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Sloop.

7. Who cooks breakfast for Carmen?
(a) Reacher.
(b) Rusty.
(c) Bobby.
(d) The maid.

8. How do the killers convince their target to get in their car?
(a) Make him promises.
(b) Drag him in.
(c) Stroke his ego.
(d) Bribe him.

9. Where do the three hired killers meet?
(a) The Red House.
(b) The airport.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) Church.

10. What happens to the watchers?
(a) They talk to Reacher.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They continue watching.
(d) They are seen.

11. What conditions does Reacher attach to giving Bobby breakfast?
(a) He listens to Carmen.
(b) He kills Sloop.
(c) He does all the work.
(d) He wants to be invited to lunch and dinner.

12. Where do the assassins hide their target's body?
(a) In the trunk of the car.
(b) In a pile of brush.
(c) In the river.
(d) In a small ditch.

13. Readers learn Carmen's husband is __________.
(a) At home.
(b) In jail.
(c) With his family.
(d) Running from the law.

14. What reason did Carmen give for taking Reacher to her bedroom?
(a) To show him where she hid the pistol.
(b) She is scared.
(c) To give him something.
(d) For him to fix something.

15. Why is the sheriff at the ranch when Reacher returns?
(a) To arrest Reacher.
(b) To tell that Sloop is being released in the morning.
(c) To arrest Bobby.
(d) They found the watchers' bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bobby not happy about in Chapter 6?

2. What does Bobby tell Reacher about Carmen?

3. Why does Reacher go to the barn when he wakes early?

4. Who is waiting for Carmen when she first arrives back at the Red House?

5. What does Carmen want Reacher to do after she shares her story with him?

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