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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 word does Reacher use to describe Hubble's house?

2. Who is at the police station when Finlay and Reacher return after their chat?

3. What do Roscoe and Reacher find at her house when they return from Alabama?

4. Chapters 7-8: What happened to the last chief of detectives?

5. What do Reacher and Roscoe find in Joe's garment bag?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Reacher drive to the Atlanta airport?

3. Why does Reacher ask Finlay if Picard might have put a couple of guys on surveillance?

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

5. Describe the chief of police.

6. Why do the police officers say that the murderer went crazy?

7. Describe the woman who enters the convenience store when Reacher is there.

8. How does Reacher describe his relationship with his brother?

9. Why does Reacher drive to Atlanta at the beginning of Chapter 17?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At various points in the novel, the author uses suspense to lead to a big event or dramatic moment. Compare how the author uses suspense throughout the novel in the different conflicts and problems that the characters face.

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

Reacher is very careful before he trusts Finlay. Argue that there were other times in the novel when Reacher should have been more careful before deciding that people were trustworthy.

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