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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. Who does Flight ask the child molester about?

2. What kind of vehicle are the men outside Kenny's apartment sitting in?

3. What does Rebus look at while he is in his wife's bathroom?

4. Who attacks Rebus in this section?

5. Where does Rebus say he has heard the American student's phrase before?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the phone call between Rebus and Chambers.

2. What does Rebus tell Flight about Lamb?

3. What was Wolfman's motive to kill?

4. How does Rebus clear the way for Kenny to leave the building?

5. Why is Lisa so frightened in this section?

6. Why does Sammy phone Rebus in this section?

7. Why does Rebus think Chambers could be the killer?

8. How does Rebus try to make sure Kenny keeps away from his daughter?

9. How does the author describe Arnold as he looks across at the children?

10. What happens to Rebus when he goes to the Churchill Estate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the press play an important part in the case? How does Rebus try to manipulate the press to bring the killer into the open?

Essay Topic 2

Why do the London Metropolitan police send for Rebus? Why does Rebus believe the Metropolitan police are expecting too much from him?

Essay Topic 3

What are Wolfman's motivations for killing? In what way are these different to the motivations we usually expect from a serial killer?

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