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

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

3. How much money does Alex discover is in the bank Corky Hancock did business with?

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

5. Why does Alex show Joe Cahill a picture of Nikki Williams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex visit Joe Cahill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Joe Cahill arrested?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss symbolism using one of the following objects/symbols and its use within the plot:

1) Bridges

2) Puzzle pieces

3) Luxury cars

Essay Topic 3

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.

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