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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Tom discovers at the very end of Chapter 52 that which character is no longer in Tom's house?
(a) Dyson.
(b) Karen.
(c) Adam.
(d) Jake.

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

6. 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) Colin.
(b) Owen.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) George.

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

8. By the end of Chapter 48, Amanda believes that Francis Carter feels what primary emotion toward his father Frank Carter?
(a) Estrangement.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Fear.

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

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

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

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

13. Tom discovers in Chapter 41 that which character is actually a reporter?
(a) Adam.
(b) Karen.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Dyson.

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

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 alias is Francis Parker reportedly using?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 26, Tom discovers that which character had put in the highest bid for the house Tom eventually bought?

4. Who provides a place for Tom and Jake to stay while their house is still considered an active crime scene?

5. Pete tells Amanda in Chapter 25 that which character had been brought in for questioning 10 years before due to his odd behavior?

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