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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. Where is the main character arrested?

2. Who picks up Hubble at the prison?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 15, where does Reacher drive?

4. How long have the Kliners been in Margrave?

5. What does Reacher ask Finlay to do with the murder victim?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

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

4. Who is the mayor of Margrave?

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

6. Why don't Reacher and Roscoe drive home from Alabama on Monday night?

7. Why, in Chapter 19, does Reacher say that the counterfeiting is not being done in Kliner's warehouse?

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

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

10. What does Charlie want Reacher to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Joe and Reacher's relationship with one another from childhood to adulthood. How did their relationship change through the years? Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

As the author describes Margrave, Georgia, the town seems almost too neat, too perfect. Explain how the author uses these details to indicate what is hiding behind the town's facade of perfection.

Essay Topic 3

Before killing the Kliner kid at the Hubble's place, Reacher says that according to books and movies, he should have fought him nobly. Using examples from the novel, argue whether Reacher ever fought nobly, man-to-man.

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