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

2. Toward what location does Pete drivea at the start of Chapter 35?
(a) His house.
(b) The house on Garholt Street.
(c) The police station.
(d) Amanda's house.

3. How many drinks do Tom and Karen have at the bar before they decide to cut the evening short in Chapter 50?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

5. The home of which character is being searched in Chapter 30 while Pete watches from his police car?
(a) Norman Collins.
(b) Frank Carter.
(c) Amanda Beck.
(d) Dominic Barnett.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what position is Pete lying when Tom arrives home to find him in a pool of blood at the end of Chapter 52?

3. Tom tells Pete in Chapter 34 that Sally, Pete's ex-wife and Tom's mother, is what?

4. Pete thinks in Chapter 35 that there can "be little doubt" that which character has "grown into a good man" (187)?

5. What word does the kidnapper whisper as he ascends the stairs toward Jake's room in Chapter 51?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pete decide before his final prison visit with Frank Carter in Chapter 42?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the police's response to Tom's call about the man trying to get into his house.

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

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

9. In what way does North portray Pete as both a skeptic and a dreamer?

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

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