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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What alias is Francis Parker reportedly using?
(a) David Parker.
(b) Michael Dodd.
(c) Jeff Stoner.
(d) Frank Capra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Pete intended to tell Tom when he first placed a call to him in Chapter 52?

2. The narrator of Chapter 32 presents events from whose perspective?

3. What is NOT an element Pete despises about the autopsy suites at the city's pathology unit?

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

5. At what time of the evening does Pete arrive at Pete's house to watch Jake in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Norman Collins revealed to be a red herring in Chapter 37 of the novel?

2. What decision does Pete make the minute he gets into his car after leaving the safe house in Chapter 35?

3. What is the one useful piece of information Tom gleans from Mrs. Shearing when he visits her in Chapter 26?

4. For what reason does Tom leave Jake at home in Chapter 47 and who comes over to watch Jake?

5. For what reason does Pete feel compelled to view Tony's body at the city's pathology unit?

6. What does Chapter 40 reveal to be the significance of the name "Mister Night" (217)?

7. To whom does Tom tell his whole sordid Featherbank story in Chapter 36 and why?

8. For what reason does Dyson accompany Tom in Chapter 29 when Tom retrieves Jake from school?

9. In what way does the theme of betrayal arise within one of the chapters in Part Four narrated by Tom?

10. Who is Karen and what advice does she give to Tom in Chapter 24?

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