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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 does Beckman Drive loop around?

2. Where are Charlie and the children going?

3. What is the name of the band at the bar where Roscoe and Reacher go?

4. Where was Jack Reacher the night before his arrest?

5. Where was the last place Reacher had heard that Joe worked?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Reacher drive to the Atlanta airport?

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

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

5. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

6. What does Picard tell Reacher and Roscoe about Joe's rental car?

7. Why does Stoller's girlfriend, Judy, assume that Stoller is dead when Reacher and Roscoe come to the condominium?

8. A third murder victim has been found. Why is Reacher concerned when he reaches the police station and notices that Finlay looks stunned?

9. Why does Reacher think that Teale is not the big boss?

10. Why don't the old barbers need customers to make a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Reacher finds the children in the warehouse, he declares that this is the first luck he has had in his life. Argue whether other events that happen to Reacher in the novel could also be considered lucky.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance and meaning of the title of the novel.

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