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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character interviews Norman Collins in Chapter 33?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Karen.
(c) Pete.
(d) Dyson.

2. 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 offers it to Karen.
(c) He drinks it.
(d) He pours it back in the bottle.

3. How many "buried memories" are said to "burst and bloom in [Tom's] head" (167) when he sees Pete in Chapter 31?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 1 thousand.
(c) 1 trillion.
(d) 1 hundred.

4. Who comes to Tom's door in Chapter 43 in an attempt to apologize?
(a) Jane.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Karen.
(d) Pete.

5. Tom tells Pete in Chapter 34 that Sally, Pete's ex-wife and Tom's mother, is what?
(a) Dead.
(b) A nun.
(c) In a coma.
(d) In college.

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

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

8. In Chapter 49, Pete develops a hypothesis about Frank Carter's modus operandi of manipulating what objects at the scenes of his murders?
(a) Socks.
(b) Knives.
(c) T-shirts.
(d) Zip ties.

9. In what position is Pete lying when Tom arrives home to find him in a pool of blood at the end of Chapter 52?
(a) On his side.
(b) On his stomach.
(c) On his back.
(d) In the fetal position.

10. 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 coffee shop.
(c) A park.
(d) A bookstore.

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

12. What is the major revelation that occurs at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) Jake is adopted.
(b) Pete has remarried.
(c) Pete is Tom's father.
(d) Tom has another child.

13. Jake tells his father Tom in Chapter 24 that which boy had bullied him, saying that Jake had taken Neil's place in the class?
(a) Owen.
(b) Colin.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) George.

14. In Chapter 26, Tom discovers that which character had put in the highest bid for the house Tom eventually bought?
(a) Victor.
(b) Pete.
(c) Norman.
(d) Frank.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward what location does Pete drivea at the start of Chapter 35?

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

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

4. Who tells Norman Collins that his fingerprints have been found on the weapon used to murder Dominic Barnett?

5. Who runs the briefing that is held in Chapter 23 the day after Neil's body is found at the waste ground?

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