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. What is the name of the town where the story takes place?

2. What is the name of the female officer at the police department?

3. What does the guy look like that picks up Joe's belongings from the hotel?

4. Who comes after Reacher in the prison bathroom?

5. Who will appoint a new Margrave chief of police?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Reacher released from prison on Sunday morning?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 11, what does Reacher realize about the attack in the bathroom at the prison?

6. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

7. Describe the chief of police.

8. Why does Reacher drive to the Atlanta airport?

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

10. Who is the mayor of Margrave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use examples from the novel to show how the author uses foreshadowing to suggest what will happen later in the novel. Are the clues the author uses obvious or subtle?

Essay Topic 2

Reacher compares the changes in his life after his brother died to the changes that occur in the Arctic because of stresses in the floes. Explain the changes in Reacher's life after his brother's death and why those changes are as dramatic as changes in the topography of the Arctic.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 861 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample