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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 Rebus want to get information about from his wife?

2. What is Chambers doing inside the National Gallery?

3. Who owns the car Rebus commandeers in the car park?

4. Where does the man who rescues Rebus take him?

5. Who does Flight ask the child molester about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Wolfman's motive to kill?

2. How does Rebus end his relationship with Lisa?

3. Why is Kenny running away from his Uncle Tommy?

4. Why does Rebus become interested in looking for Kenny?

5. Why is Lisa so frightened in this section?

6. What did Wolfman's parents used to argue about?

7. What does Rebus find out about Lisa in this section?

8. What does Rebus tell Flight about Lamb?

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

10. What does the chapter reveal about Lisa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rankin show the divide between Scotland and England? How does this divide affect the relationship between Rebus and the other characters?

Essay Topic 2

What clues are there through the book that Chambers is the serial killer? What red herrings does Rankin lay out on the way?

Essay Topic 3

What is Lisa's role in the novel? In what ways could it said that she provides more of a hindrance than a help?

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