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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Frank's body was NOT found to be missing at the time his body was discovered?
(a) His ear.
(b) His nipple.
(c) Part of his esophagus.
(d) His earlobe.

2. Who reports witnessing Frank get into a van with Terry Maitland on the day of Frank's murder?
(a) Marcy.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Holly.
(d) Sarah.

3. What color is Terry's car?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

4. A book written by which author is thrown at Marcy just before Terry's murder?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Harper Lee.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Joseph Conrad.

5. In what city had Terry and his colleagues attended a conference for English teachers on the day of Frank's murder?
(a) Cap City.
(b) Salem.
(c) Flint City.
(d) Tulsa.

6. What is the name of Ralph's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Jeannie.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Mabel.

7. What is the first name of Terry Maitland's wife?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Grace.
(c) Marcy.
(d) Sarah.

8. Which character wonders why he had not chosen to take Terry through a back entrance into the courthouse on the day of his arraignment?
(a) Yunel.
(b) Fred.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Claude.

9. With how many other members of his English department did Terry travel to the conference for English teachers?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

10. Ralph notices a man on arraignment day who has scars on what part of his body?
(a) His arm.
(b) His face.
(c) His chest.
(d) His leg.

11. In what part of Terry's body is a fatal wound inflicted, leading to his death?
(a) The left side of his chest.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His head.
(d) The right side of his chest.

12. Who purchases the object from the gift shop that may be useful in the investigation of Terry?
(a) Howie.
(b) Fred.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Alec.

13. Around which of the following topics does the epigraph of The Outsider revolve?
(a) The exhausting nature of the business world.
(b) Murder.
(c) Deception.
(d) The supernatural world.

14. Which author wrote the doppelganger story to which King alludes in Chapter 3 of the section called Sorry?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Jorge Luis Borges.
(d) Joseph Conrad.

15. At the end of the section entitled The Arrest, which character is revealed to be wrong when saying that everything will be okay?
(a) Grace.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Howie.
(d) Terry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8 of the section entitled Sorry, Ralph finds a piece of what object inside the van that he thinks might be meaningful?

2. On what day of the month is the Peterson boy murdered?

3. Who is the second person in Frank's family to die following Frank's murder?

4. At what time on the afternoon of Frank's murder was Harlan Coben scheduled to speak?

5. From what official cause had Frank died, according to the coroner?

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