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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The home of which character is being searched in Chapter 30 while Pete watches from his police car?
(a) Frank Carter.
(b) Amanda Beck.
(c) Norman Collins.
(d) Dominic Barnett.

2. Which piece of information does Tom NOT tell Karen during their outing in Chapter 36?
(a) Pete's involvement in the Tony Smith investigation.
(b) The identity of his father.
(c) His late wife Rebecca's cause of death.
(d) The reason for the police search of his home.

3. What feeling does seeing Jake evoke most strongly within Pete?
(a) Fear.
(b) Affection.
(c) Rage.
(d) Hope.

4. When Pete visits which character in prison in Chapter 42, he vows that it will be the last time?
(a) Jane Carter.
(b) Francis Carter.
(c) Frank Carter.
(d) Victor Tyler.

5. What alias is Francis Parker reportedly using?
(a) David Parker.
(b) Jeff Stoner.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Michael Dodd.

6. In Chapter 31, Jake unnerves his father Tom by asking, "Did they find him, Daddy?" (165). About whom is Jake speaking?
(a) Norman Collins.
(b) Tony Smith.
(c) Frank Carter.
(d) Neil Spencer.

7. Which character does Jake see in Chapter 46 for the first time since the first day of school?
(a) Karen.
(b) Mister Night.
(c) Adam.
(d) The girl in the checked blue-and-white dress.

8. Pete decides by the end of Chapter 49 that Frank Carter likely feels what primary emotion toward his son Francis?
(a) Envy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Pride.

9. Whose body does Pete view when he travels to the city's pathology unit in Chapter 28?
(a) Roger Hill.
(b) Tony Smith's.
(c) Jane Carter.
(d) Neil Spencer's.

10. What had Pete intended to tell Tom when he first placed a call to him in Chapter 52?
(a) That Pete had fired Amanda.
(b) That there had been a break in the Neil Spencer case.
(c) That Colin had fired Pete.
(d) That Jake wanted Tom to come home.

11. What does Pete do with the vodka he pours into the tumbler near the end of Chapter 35?
(a) He pours it down the sink.
(b) He pours it back in the bottle.
(c) He offers it to Karen.
(d) He drinks it.

12. How old is Francis Carter, the newest murder suspect, according to Pete?
(a) 32.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

13. The policemen who arrive at Tom's door in Chapter 22 lose interest in Tom's story about the intruder when what object is mentioned?
(a) A doorbell.
(b) A Miniature Schnauzer.
(c) A snowflake.
(d) A baseball bat.

14. Who was the official tenant of the house on Garholt Street in 1997, the year Frank Carter committed his murders?
(a) Frank Carter.
(b) Dominic Barnett.
(c) Julian Simpson.
(d) Mrs. Shearing.

15. Pete tells Amanda in Chapter 25 that which character had been brought in for questioning 10 years before due to his odd behavior?
(a) Dyson.
(b) Frank.
(c) Norman.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before Pete leaves in Chapter 34, Jake thanks him for the use of what kind of apartment?

2. What sound causes Pete to end the call he is making to Tom in Chapter 51?

3. Tom tells Pete in Chapter 34 that Sally, Pete's ex-wife and Tom's mother, is what?

4. What happens to Norman Collins at the end of Chapter 33?

5. What is the house number of the house on Garholt Street that Norman Collins once tried to buy?

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