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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Karen's son?
(a) Bruce.
(b) Adam.
(c) Colin.
(d) Jeffrey.

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

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

4. What sight feels "invasive and wrong" (178) to Tom when he pulls into his driveway at the start of Chapter 34?
(a) Crime scene tape wrapped around his garage.
(b) A group of reporters standing on the grass.
(c) His front door standing open.
(d) His curtains open.

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

6. At what time of the evening does Pete arrive at Pete's house to watch Jake in Chapter 45?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

7. 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 reason for the police search of his home.
(c) His late wife Rebecca's cause of death.
(d) The identity of his father.

8. To what type of establishment do Karen and Tom go after dropping their respective sons off at school in Chapter 36?
(a) A bar.
(b) A park.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A bookstore.

9. 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 snowflake.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A doorbell.
(d) A Miniature Schnauzer.

10. What does Tom find out about Dominic Barnett, his home's former tenant, in Chapter 24?
(a) He is a mailman.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He still lives on the same street.
(d) He moved to China.

11. The narrator of Chapter 32 presents events from whose perspective?
(a) Amanda's.
(b) Pete's.
(c) Tom's.
(d) Jake's.

12. As Pete is driving toward a particular destination at the start of Chapter 35, he hears what object "calling to him" (185)?
(a) The kitchen cabinet.
(b) The cuckoo clock.
(c) The cocktail shaker.
(d) The cooking sherry.

13. Toward what location does Pete drivea at the start of Chapter 35?
(a) The house on Garholt Street.
(b) Amanda's house.
(c) The police station.
(d) His house.

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

15. How much time did Norman spend with Tony's body the first time he paid a fee to view his corpse?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 16 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 20 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Chapter 48, Amanda believes that Francis Carter feels what primary emotion toward his father Frank Carter?

2. In what position is Pete lying when Tom arrives home to find him in a pool of blood at the end of Chapter 52?

3. What is the major revelation that occurs at the end of Chapter 31?

4. Tom discovers in Chapter 41 that which character is actually a reporter?

5. Who was the official tenant of the house on Garholt Street in 1997, the year Frank Carter committed his murders?

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