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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 items do the local police give investigators when their chief finally arrives?

2. Who are Jannie's role models?

3. What attitude does the press and the American public take toward the threat of violence presented by the Wolf?

4. Who does Alex go to visit after spending the evening with his family in chapters 33-39?

5. What is the name of the girl the Weasel brings home with him at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What item was sent to the directors of the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security after the bombing in Sunrise Valley?

2. What happens to a woman inside the building when the law enforcement agents raid the apartment?

3. What are PMCs and what do they have to do with the investigation?

4. From where was the Wolf's latest call made?

5. What does the Weasel hire Nikki Williams to do?

6. Who does the Weasel take home with him on the night in which the novel opens?

7. Why is the young woman who brings the Weasel home killed? What does this foreshadow for the remainder of the novel?

8. What does Alex dislike about the prescribed protocol to deal with the Wolf and the aftermath of any bombing?

9. Who is John Sampson? Why does Alex Cross tell him about the Weasel and the Wolf's ransom demands?

10. Why does the Wolf break into the home of the Red Mafiya couple in chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alex Jr. Who is Alex Jr.? How old is he? What impact has his birth had on Alex Cross?

Why does Alex Jr. not live with his father? What type of custody fight are Alex and Alex Jr.'s mother having? What impact does this custody battle have on Alex Cross? Why would Alex Jr.'s mother want to protect her child from his father? What has Alex Cross done to place his children in danger? Should Alex Cross get custody of his son?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss structure. The novel is divided into more than one hundred twenty chapters. How does this number of chapters affect the tone and tension within the novel? Does the multiple use of short chapters increase the suspense of the plot? Does this number of chapters make the book easier or harder to read? Do these chapters offer all the information the reader needs to comprehend the direction of the plot? Discuss other elements of the novel's structure and the impact they have on the plot. Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the Wolf? Why does the Wolf want to hold the governments of the United States, France, and Germany to a ransom? What is the purpose of this ransom? How does the Wolf prove he is serious? Why does the Wolf not kill the people of Sunrise Valley? What does this say about the Wolf? What is the Wolf's favorite target? Why does the Wolf choose these targets? Why does the Wolf kill everyone who has seen his face? Why does the Wolf hand out assignments in puzzle pieces? How does this format help protect the Wolf from arrest? How does Alex Cross know who the Wolf is? What is the Wolf's connection to Tom Weir? How does this connection eventually lead Alex Cross to the Wolf's real identity?

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