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

2. Pete tells Amanda in Chapter 25 that which character had been brought in for questioning 10 years before due to his odd behavior?
(a) Frank.
(b) Tom.
(c) Norman.
(d) Dyson.

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

4. 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.

5. How does Tom feel when he finds out in Chapter 41 that someone he knows is a reporter?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Elated.
(d) Betrayed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, Pete engages in what type of activity to reduce the stress associated with Neil's case?

2. In Chapter 24, when Tom walks Jake to school, what action does Jake refuse to take until they reach the school's gates?

3. How many "buried memories" are said to "burst and bloom in [Tom's] head" (167) when he sees Pete in Chapter 31?

4. How many drinks do Tom and Karen have at the bar before they decide to cut the evening short in Chapter 50?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Dominic Barnett, according to Pete's accounts?

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

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

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

6. What sight feels "invasive and wrong" (178) to Tom when he sees the police searching the house on Garholt Street?

7. What was Frank Carter's murder signature and what hypothesis does Pete create about it in Chapter 49?

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

9. What evidence does Amanda find when she searches Francis Carter's former home in Chapter 48?

10. What type of scene do Karen and Tom find back at Tom's house at the end of Chapter 52?

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