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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 is the paint delivered to the women who are murdered?

2. As an adult, how many years had Reacher gone without owning anything except a pair of shoes?

3. What type of car does Lamarr use to drive Reacher to Virginia to work on the serial killer case?

4. Where did Callan move after her time in the Army?

5. What do the guys carry who are taking protection money in Chinatown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jodie become a lawyer?

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

3. What happened after Amy Callan accused an officer of sexual harassment?

4. Why does Lamarr always correct Reacher or anyone else who refers to her stepsister as her sister?

5. On Monday morning, why does Reacher walk out of FBI headquarters?

6. Why did the murderer choose a three-week interval between the murders?

7. What is criminal profiling?

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

9. What did Reacher see when he came home in Chapter 2?

10. What does Reacher think they should do about the information that possibly only eleven women are targets?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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."

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the novel, discuss why the murderer said that knowledge is power.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the reasons why Reacher left the Army.

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