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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, Jake unnerves his father Tom by asking, "Did they find him, Daddy?" (165). About whom is Jake speaking?

2. What feeling does seeing Jake evoke most strongly within Pete?

3. What happens to Norman Collins at the end of Chapter 33?

4. What is the name of Karen's son?

5. Whose body does Pete view when he travels to the city's pathology unit in Chapter 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new lead comes to the police department's attention in Chapter 44 and why?

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

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

4. On what basis is Norman arrested in Chapter 33 and how does Amanda feel about the event?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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