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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 is the name of the mountain that Reacher and Harper drive up the northern flank on Route 35 toward Portland?

2. What kind of a tool does the killer want Rita to get?

3. What is Rita's new hobby?

4. How many hours do Harper and Reacher spend tracking down information on the theft of Army weapons?

5. How many military policemen came and arrested Bob at the roadhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reacher believe that the killer travels to the places where the murders occur?

2. Why does Reacher say that Rita Scimeca was a real tough cookie?

3. How did Petrosian's men who Reacher beat up at the beginning of the novel, get the weapons they carried?

4. Where does Reacher believe that the weapons are being stolen from?

5. How does the killer steal a cell phone?

6. According to the killer, what are the advantages of trying to kill someone in a mountainous area?

7. What is Rita Scimeca's bedtime routine?

8. Why is John Leighton willing to help Reacher?

9. Why does the bartender at the roadhouse tell Reacher and Harper they will have a long wait for Bob?

10. Why doesn't Reacher believe that Kruger is the killer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the murderer's true motive for the killings.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the views that Reacher and Lamarr hold regarding criminal profiling. Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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