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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. Who is the chief detective?

3. Where does Reacher drive in a taxi?

4. Who pushes Reacher out of the bathroom?

5. How long has it been since there was a murder in Margrave, before the recent homicides?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the chief of police.

2. Why doesn't Reacher get any useful information from Spivey?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Hubble's neighborhood and house.

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

10. Why does Reacher trust Roscoe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kliner uses intimidation to get what he wants. Compare the different people that Kliner tries to intimidate and whether the intimidation gets Kliner what he wants. Are there people he cannot intimidate?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 10, Reacher states that you might hate your brother, but "you didn't let anybody mess with him." Explain how that sense of loyalty affects Reacher and what, because of that loyalty, he does about his brother's murder.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 21, Reacher says that pressure can turn coal into diamonds and that pressure was doing things to him. Using examples from the novel, explain how Reacher reacts to pressure and how pressure influences his actions.

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