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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 does Wolfman start writing at the end of the chapter?

2. What does Rebus say he is uncomfortable being called?

3. What country was Chambers educated in?

4. Who narrates the last few paragraphs of the first chapter?

5. Who does the Wolfman choose as his victims?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Morrison provide Rebus and Flight about the case?

2. How did Rebus offend his boss?

3. What is Flight's opinion of psychology in police work?

4. What does the Wolfman do to his latest victim?

5. Why did the police initially suspect Tommy Watkiss killed his wife?

6. Why does Rebus doubt the murderer could be a woman?

7. Why is Rebus so uncomfortable with the fact the Metropolitan police regard him as an expert in serial killers?

8. What do the police know about the victim?

9. Why is Flight angry that Rebus lied to the press?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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