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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 is the name of the charity supposedly run out of the suspect apartment?

2. What disguise does Alex recall the Weasel once used while moving from America to England?

3. Who calls during a meeting Alex attends with the directors of the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security?

4. Whose family does the Wolf consider killing while walking through the streets of Washington DC?

5. Who is watching this apartment where a suspect is spotted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What cities does the Wolf tell law enforcement that he will be targeting?

3. What comes up missing from an Air Force base in New Mexico?

4. Who is at Alex's house when he returns home, causing him some discomfort?

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

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

7. Who does Frances Puslowski see coming toward her trailer park as she hangs out the laundry?

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

9. What motive does the owner of the bomb launched against Sunrise Valley suggest he has for such an action?

10. Who else lives on the West Coast that Alex Cross hopes to see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Alex Cross? How many novels by James Patterson has Cross appeared in? Why? What is Alex's educational background? Professional background? Why does Alex chose to work as a cop rather than a doctor? Who was Alex's partner when he worked with the Washington, D.C. police force? How did they know each other? What kind of father is Alex? What kind of grandson? What does it say about Alex in that he lives with his grandmother? Why is Alex in a custody battle with the mother of his youngest child? How is that connected to this case? What happened to Alex's first wife? Is Alex optimistic of ever learning the truth about that situation? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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