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

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

3. The narrator of Chapter 32 presents events from whose perspective?
(a) Tom's.
(b) Pete's.
(c) Amanda's.
(d) Jake's.

4. Neil's murderer indicates in Chapter 37 that he has never heard what name?
(a) Neil Spencer.
(b) Amanda Beck.
(c) Tony Smith.
(d) Norman Collins.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before Pete leaves in Chapter 34, Jake thanks him for the use of what kind of apartment?

2. To what type of establishment do Karen and Tom go after dropping their respective sons off at school in Chapter 36?

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

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

5. From whose first-person point of view is Chapter 47 presented?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom discover the "old mechanic's pit" (147) located under his garage floor in Chapter 27?

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

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

4. Discuss an instance when North uses a simile to create a vivid characterization of a marginal character, such as Norman.

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

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

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

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

9. Whose perspective does the narrator present in Chapter 37 and what is the intended effect of the choice?

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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