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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 do Harper and Reacher do the Sunday after they return from Spokane?

2. How many miles from Quantico is someone studying the list of the women who may be targeted for murder?

3. Back in Garrison, what does Reacher make when he gets home after talking with the FBI?

4. How many more women does the killer say have to die?

5. How long does it take Reacher to drive home from the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was inheriting the house both a good and bad thing for Reacher?

2. How did the local FBI agent save Reacher and Harper two hours' flying time on the way back to D.C.?

3. How did Reacher catch up with the Naval Reserve officer who was to drive him back to the helicopter?

4. When was Reacher afraid in cities and why did he change his mind?

5. Why does Reacher tell Blake that it is not possible to tail the 30 guys on the list he brought from Fort Dix?

6. What is criminal profiling?

7. Why does Reacher believe that only eleven women have been targeted for murder by the serial killer?

8. What is the profile of a serial killer?

9. Describe the setting of Alison Lamarr's house.

10. Why are Lamarr and her stepsister going to be rich soon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from "Running Blind," discuss why at the beginning of the novel Reacher decides to help the FBI find the killer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the murderer's true motive for the killings.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the FBI wanted Lamarr's death to look like a suicide and why Reacher agreed not to dispute that Lamarr killed herself. Use examples from "Running Blind."

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