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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. How do agents find Corky Hancock when they enter his house?

2. How does the Wolf escape Alex as he leaves the doctor's office?

3. To whom is Alex taken after being kidnapped off the streets of Paris?

4. What method was used to cause the explosion Alex hears during a meeting at Scotland Yard in chapter 64?

5. What item does Alex find in Corky Hancock's house that takes him to Switzerland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Alex visit Joe Cahill?

4. What do bombs destroy is Paris?

5. Who lures Alex Cross out of his hotel room in London? For what purpose?

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

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

8. What medical procedure does the Wolf undergo without benefit of anesthesia?

9. Why is Joe Cahill arrested?

10. Who does the Wolf blow up in Long Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the tone of the novel. What is the tone when Alex Cross is the narrator, working on the case? Does the tone change when Alex goes home or when he is with Jamilla? Why? What affects the tone? What is the tone when the Wolf or one of his associates is the narrator? Is there a sense of danger during these sections of the novel? How is that explored in the tone?

Essay Topic 2

Who is the Weasel? Why is he called Weasel? What is his background? What crimes has he committed in a previous novel? Why does Alex Cross know who he is? Why does Cross want him found?

What crime did the Weasel commit that caused Alex Cross direct harm? What does Alex Cross want to do about that? Who finds the Weasel in the first section of this novel? For what person? What is the Weasel forced to do? For what reason? What happens when the Weasel and Alex Cross meet again? Is this justice?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following character relationships in detail, noting how they impact motivation or the overall plot, using examples from the novel:

1) Alex Cross and his children, Jannie and Damon

2) Alex Cross and Christine Johnson

3) Alex Cross and the Weasel

4) Alex Cross and Jamilla Hughes

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