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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. The predator whose perspective is provided in Chapter 1 hides behind what kinds of features as he tracks Neil?

2. What type of Minecraft item of clothing was Neil wearing when he disappeared?

3. What quality does Pete recognize within the call Jane Carter made to him many years ago?

4. What is the rarest form of outcome in the case of a missing child, according to Pete?

5. How many guards escort Frank Carter to his visit with Pete in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event occurs at the end of Part Two that causes Tom to call the police?

2. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?

3. 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?

4. What does Jake do when Tom asks if he wants to say goodbye at the end of Chapter 4?

5. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 1 narrated and what is the setting?

6. What is the significance of the line, "If you leave a door half open" (12)?

7. What mysterious elements are included in the prologue of the novel? Discuss one that is explained within the first seven chapters.

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. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Pete is a determined man.

10. What new details about the Tony Smith case does the reader learn in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by North in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Whisper Man. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve North’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Whisper Man and analyze North’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from The Whisper Man, such as the devil mask, the taped-up cardboard box, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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