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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Billy and Josh tell Reacher they are going before the feed store?
(a) Out for lunch.
(b) To look for Sloop.
(c) To get a drink.
(d) For a ride.

2. Who picks Jack up while he is hitchhiking?
(a) Carmen.
(b) The police.
(c) Billy.
(d) Ellie.

3. What is Bobby planning to do that requires Reacher's help?
(a) Hunt from the car.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Look for Sloop.
(d) Go to the feed store.

4. What is Jack doing with his life when this story begins?
(a) Running from the law.
(b) Getting Married.
(c) Traveling the country.
(d) Serving in the army.

5. What is Carmen told when she first returns back to the Red House Ranch?
(a) Sloop is dead.
(b) Sloop has escaped.
(c) Sloop's attorney is missing.
(d) Sloop has been released.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the errand Bobby wants Reacher to run with Billy and Josh seem fishy to Reacher?

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

3. There are two men and a woman traveling separately in Chapter One. Who are they?

4. What does Carmen use as an excuse not to go with the sheriff to get Sloop out of jail?

5. What does Bobby not like about Reacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Carmen really nervous to see the sheriff and her mother-in-law return to the ranch? How does Carmen show this nervousness?

2. What happens when Carmen asks Reacher to kill her husband?

3. What is happening with the trio of killers at the beginning of Echo Burning?

4. What happens with the routine change for the watchers?

5. What were the motives behind Carmen picking Reacher up when Reacher was hitchhiking?

6. Why does Carmen refuse to leave the ranch when Reacher again tells her?

7. What does Reacher say when he goes out to see Bobby in the barn after showering, and what makes him change his mind about what he said?

8. What does Reacher refuse to do after being asked to do so by Bobby?

9. What do the two men and the little boy think about the arrival of Reacher at the ranch?

10. What does Carmen say is the reason for her husband stopping the beatings eighteen months ago?

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