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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. Where does Lisa take Rebus for dinner?

2. Why do the beat cops stop Rebus?

3. Who does the Wolfman choose as his victims?

4. What is the title of the first chapter?

5. What does Wolfman use the scissors to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Rebus like his daughter's new boyfriend?

2. What does Rebus find out about Wolfman's second victim?

3. What do the police know about the victim?

4. What does Rebus say to the press after the copycat killing?

5. Why does Rebus lie to the press?

6. How does Lisa persuade Rebus to let her create a profile of the killer?

7. What are Lisa's thoughts on the killer?

8. What does Rebus learn about Chambers in this section?

9. Describe the river where the police find Wolfman's latest victim.

10. What does Rebus say about motives in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

What are the differences and similarities between Rebus and Flight? How do Rebus and Flight resolve their differences to work together and solve the case?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the capture and death of Chambers. What meaning does it give the story that Rebus captures and kills Chambers in the National Gallery? Choose another death scene that you think fits into the novel's themes and discuss what new meaning it would bring the book.

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