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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose imaginary friend was Mister Night?
(a) Amanda's.
(b) Pete's.
(c) Jake's.
(d) Tom's.

2. Chapter 50 reveals that Rebecca's cause of death had been due to what?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Asphyxiation.
(c) A drowning.
(d) Cancer.

3. From whose perspective are the events of Chapter 44 presented?
(a) Pete.
(b) Jake.
(c) Tom.
(d) Amanda.

4. Who runs the briefing that is held in Chapter 23 the day after Neil's body is found at the waste ground?
(a) Colin.
(b) Dyson.
(c) Pete.
(d) Amanda.

5. Who tells Norman Collins that his fingerprints have been found on the weapon used to murder Dominic Barnett?
(a) Dyson.
(b) Colin.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Pete.

6. What is the house number of the house on Garholt Street that Norman Collins once tried to buy?
(a) 88.
(b) 856.
(c) 231.
(d) 13.

7. Frank Carter owned what type of firm before he was imprisoned for murder?
(a) Scaffolding.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Law.
(d) Waste management.

8. What sound causes Pete to end the call he is making to Tom in Chapter 51?
(a) A low battery warning.
(b) The burglar alarm.
(c) A barking dog.
(d) The front door opening.

9. Who goes downstairs right before the kidnapper starts to ascend the stairs in Chapter 51?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Tom.
(c) Karen.
(d) Pete.

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

11. Which character turns out to be associated with the imaginary friend named Mister Night?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Jake.
(c) Pete.
(d) Frank Carter.

12. What word does the kidnapper whisper as he ascends the stairs toward Jake's room in Chapter 51?
(a) Jake.
(b) Now.
(c) Please.
(d) Come.

13. Pete thinks in Chapter 35 that there can "be little doubt" that which character has "grown into a good man" (187)?
(a) Tom.
(b) Dyson.
(c) Norman.
(d) Tony.

14. Which character notices the tension between Pete and Tom in Chapter 32?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Jake.
(c) Dyson.
(d) Karen.

15. Who tells Jake in Chapter 46 that he is correct to be frightened?
(a) Mister Night.
(b) Adam.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) The girl in the checked blue-and-white dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pete thinks in Chapter 30 about what kind of weapon that was used to kill Dominic Barnett?

2. What does Tom find out about Dominic Barnett, his home's former tenant, in Chapter 24?

3. To what type of establishment do Karen and Tom go after dropping their respective sons off at school in Chapter 36?

4. From whose first-person point of view is Chapter 47 presented?

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

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