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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. Why does the Wolf jump off the roof of the building where he has tried to lose Alex?

2. Who does Alex go to see after his visit with Alex Jr?

3. What vehicle nearly knocks Alex down on his walk to the Prefecture de Police in chapter 77?

4. What does the Wolf do when he leaves his meeting in Montauk, Long Island?

5. What causes Alex to jump into a patrol car and rush from the scene of the raid on the house connected to car purchases from Hancock's Swiss bank account?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the real identity of the man Alex was told was the Wolf?

2. What happens in Paris after the president pays the Wolf's ransom?

3. Why does Alex lead a raid on the Aglionby home?

4. What transaction noted in a Swiss bank account leads Alex to Nice?

5. Why is Alex Cross kidnapped? What is cuffed to his wrist when he is released?

6. Who is driving a car that Alex believes belongs to the Wolf when it crashes over a cliff?

7. What does the Wolf blow up at Scotland Yard?

8. What is Alex Cross' experience with the French police?

9. What does Alex find when the home of Cahill's partner is searched?

10. Why does Alex Cross fly to Paris? What does he find there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following settings of the novel in a detailed essay, using examples from the novel:

1) Washington, D.C.

2) Paris

3) London

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Nana Mama. What kind of relationship does she have with Alex? Why does Alex rely on Nana Mama so much? Where is Alex's wife? Why are his two older children living in his home but his youngest is not? What impact does his family have Alex's ability to do his job? What would happen to Alex's home life if Nana Mama were not able to be there? In what way does Nana Mama act as a foundation rock for Alex? Has it always been this way? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss point of view. James Patterson often writes his novels from multiple points of view. How does the narration change with the characters in this novel? What kind of a narrator is Alex Cross? The Wolf? The Weasel? Is there an element of unreliable narrator in this novel? Does the author ever reveal his intentions with the plot through an authorial voice? For what purpose does the writer utilize these point of view techniques? How might the novel be different with a different point of view?

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