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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Jake ask permission to take in Chapter 11 that Tom says is unprecedented?
(a) He asks for a cup of tea.
(b) He asks to sleep in Tom's bed.
(c) He asks for a nightlight.
(d) He asks whether he can have a dog.

2. Across what type of feature is the predator in Chapter 1 tracking the little boy named Neil?
(a) A public park.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A golf course.
(d) A piece of waste ground.

3. In Chapter 11, Tom has a nightmare about his father throwing what object at Tom's mother's face?
(a) An iron.
(b) A glass.
(c) A knife.
(d) A medicine ball.

4. Jake tells his father Tom at the end of Chapter 11 that the monster outside his window had been taking what action?
(a) Jumping.
(b) Whispering.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Floating.

5. What color polo shirt had Tony Smith been wearing the day he went missing?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

6. How many words has Tom produced by the end of the day portrayed in Chapter 18?
(a) 300.
(b) 800.
(c) 600.
(d) 1,200.

7. Pete had received the call alerting him to the disappearance of Neil Spencer just as he was sitting down to eat which meal?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Dinner.

8. What color jogging pants had Tony Smith been wearing when he disappeared?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

9. What is NOT a color featured on the butterflies Tom finds roosting in his garage?
(a) Orange.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Purple.

10. What is the name of the worker at the 567 Club who is kind to Jake?
(a) Kate.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Sharon.

11. How does Jake respond when Tom asks him whether he still likes their new house?
(a) He hugs his father.
(b) He says he misses his mother.
(c) He says the house now gives him the creeps.
(d) He starts to cry.

12. What event occurs that prevents the girl in the checked blue-and-white dress from clarifying the meaning of the rhyme she told to Jake?
(a) Sharon leaves.
(b) Tom arrives.
(c) Rebecca arrives.
(d) She vanishes.

13. What is the name of the law enforcement official above both Pete and Amanda?
(a) Colin.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Michael.
(d) Norman.

14. Who was the first person to find Rebecca after her death?
(a) Karen.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jake.

15. What is the rarest form of outcome in the case of a missing child, according to Pete?
(a) Nonfamily abduction.
(b) Family abduction.
(c) Misadventure.
(d) Runaway.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that Tom refuses to take what action in front of his son Jake?

2. What is the last name of the Detective Inspector named Amanda, whose perspective is presented in Chapter 6?

3. What lie does Tom tell Jake in Chapter 9?

4. Which character bullies Jake by saying that Jake had taken Neil Spencer's classroom chair?

5. What kind of smile does Jake draw onto the girl in the blue-and-white dress in his drawing featured in Chapter 8?

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