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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 happens to the house connected to the car purchases in Hancock's Swiss bank account after the raid?

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

3. Where does Alex take his son, Alex Jr., on a brief visit to see him?

4. When Alex is released from his kidnappers, what item is handcuffed to his wrist?

5. What medication is used to make Joe Cahill talk about the Wolf?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Wolf die in chapter 119?

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

5. Why does Alex visit Joe Cahill?

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

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

8. Why is Joe Cahill arrested?

9. What does Alex do once he returns home from Paris?

10. Where does the reader see the Wolf in chapter 70? What does this say about the Wolf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Justice

2) Revenge

3) Heroism

4) Family.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss suitcase nukes. What are they? Do they exist? What kind of damage might they create? How? Why does Alex come to believe that the Wolf is using these in the target cities? What is significant about the way in which Alex comes to learn of these bombs? Who is the man who claims to be the Wolf when Alex is kidnapped? Why does he pretend to be the Wolf? How does this complicate the investigation? Are there suitcase nukes in the target cities? Do the police ever find them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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