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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 back.
(b) On his side.
(c) On his stomach.
(d) In the fetal position.

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

6. Neil's time of death is estimated in Chapter 23 to consist of a window of how many hours?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

7. From whose first-person point of view is Chapter 47 presented?
(a) Tom's.
(b) Amanda's.
(c) Pete's.
(d) Jake's.

8. In what type of establishment is Neil's murdererer sitting in Chapter 37?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A bank.
(c) A library.
(d) A bar.

9. Whose imaginary friend was Mister Night?
(a) Pete's.
(b) Amanda's.
(c) Tom's.
(d) Jake'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. Who tells Norman Collins that his fingerprints have been found on the weapon used to murder Dominic Barnett?
(a) Pete.
(b) Dyson.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Colin.

12. How many policemen arrive at Tom's house in Chapter 22?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

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

15. 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) Mrs. Shearing.
(d) Julian Simpson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the strongest emotion Pete experiences as a result of Tony's body being found, as described in Chapter 30?

2. At the end of Chapter 24, Tom decides to visit which character to get some answers about Dominic Barnett?

3. The home of which character is being searched in Chapter 30 while Pete watches from his police car?

4. Which element is NOT a part of the mural Amanda finds at the last known address of Francis Carter?

5. 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?

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