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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. How was the murder victim killed?

2. Where do Roscoe and Reacher have breakfast on Tuesday morning?

3. What does Beckman Drive loop around?

4. Who pushes Reacher out of the bathroom?

5. Where do Reacher and Roscoe eat breakfast Wednesday morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

2. How does Reacher learn that he and Hubble are not on the holding floor?

3. Describe the chief of police.

4. Why does Finlay go to talk to Morrison on Monday morning?

5. What were the intruders planning who came to Roscoe's home Monday night?

6. How does Chief Morrison justify sending Hubble and Reacher to jail?

7. Why won't a murder charge hold up against Paul Hubble?

8. Why does Reacher believe that Spivey has arranged to have him killed?

9. Why does the main character assume that the police are at the diner to arrest him?

10. How does Reacher know where Morrison's missing body parts will be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Usually the protagonist of a novel is a dynamic character who changes over time because of conflicts or crises in a book. Explain why Reacher is or is not a dynamic character. Use examples from the novel to show how he does or does not change from the beginning to the conclusion of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the reasons why Reacher does not stay in Margrave, but keeps traveling.

Essay Topic 3

Child mostly uses words that use the sense of sight, although he does use some words that use the other senses. Explain how Child uses imagery to tell the story. What senses are rarely used in Child's descriptions?

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