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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of smile does Jake draw onto the girl in the blue-and-white dress in his drawing featured in Chapter 8?
2. How many years before the events of Chapter 1 did Pete catch and incarcerate Frank Carter?
3. By the time Amanda hosts a press conference, how many hours have passed since Neil's disappearance?
4. What is the rarest form of outcome in the case of a missing child, according to Pete?
5. What color hair does Karen have when Tom first meets her at Jake's school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the man who rings Tom's doorbell at the end of Chapter 13 and meets him at the start of Chapter 14.
2. What symbolism does Tom see within the name Featherbank?
3. What mysterious elements are included in the prologue of the novel? Discuss one that is explained within the first seven chapters.
4. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?
5. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 1 narrated and what is the setting?
6. What is Jake's response to the concern Tom voices in Chapter 9 about Jake's drawing?
7. In what way does the final line of Chapter 1 refer back to the novel's title and why?
8. When Pete visits Frank Carter in prison in Chapter 15, Frank Carter says that he will give up Tony Smith's whereabouts if Pete takes what action?
9. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?
10. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Pete is a determined man.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Norman Collins's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by North in depicting Collins and include in your discussion the reasons that North portrays him in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how and why North instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Whisper Man.
Essay Topic 3
Determine North’s message within the novel The Whisper Man regarding the power of communication.
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