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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 story does Reacher hear while he is at the barber's place?

2. Who do Finlay and Reacher tell about the bleaching theory?

3. How many of the original ten that Hubble mentioned have to be identified after Reacher figures out the bleaching theory?

4. Who speaks at Gray's funeral?

5. How is the phone answered when Reacher dials the number for J.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reacher decide that they need to look in the garage of Stoller's parents?

2. Why does Reacher not notice he is being followed in New York?

3. What does Reacher ask Kelstein's secretary to tell Kelstein?

4. What does Picard say when Finlay says, "What's this all about? We go back a long way, right?"

5. How does Reacher get a look inside the truck that the Kliner kid drives to Mississippi?

6. Why does Reacher want to wait until 4 a.m. to attack Kliner?

7. What images does Reacher remember before he attacks one of Kliner's men at Hubble's home?

8. Why doesn't Roscoe believe the background story that Morrison gave the coroner for Gray's death?

9. Who was Blind Bart and what happened to him?

10. Why is Kliner's fourth warehouse in a smart location?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Reacher commits several murders and some miscellaneous crimes in the course of the novel. Explain why Reacher feels that these actions are justified and why he does not feel any remorse or guilt for his behavior.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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