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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 is the rarest form of outcome in the case of a missing child, according to Pete?
2. Which character bullies Jake by saying that Jake had taken Neil Spencer's classroom chair?
3. To whom is the prologue addressed in the novel entitled The Whisper Man?
4. What color polo shirt had Tony Smith been wearing the day he went missing?
5. In Chapter 15, Frank Carter tells Pete that he had a dream about which character?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what point in the investigation of Neil Spencer's disappearance does Pete get officially involved?
2. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 1 narrated and what is the setting?
3. What piece of information does Mrs. Spencer remember and tell Amanda that causes Amanda to race to meet with Colin, her superior?
4. What does Jake do when Tom asks if he wants to say goodbye at the end of Chapter 4?
5. What symbolism does Tom see within the name Featherbank?
6. For what reason has Tom worried about the trajectory of his career in the wake of Rebecca's death?
7. Why do the other officers involved in the search for Neil in Chapter 2 consider Pete's presence odd?
8. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?
9. Whose courage does Pete admire in Chapter 12 when he reflects upon the capture of Frank Carter?
10. Describe the man who rings Tom's doorbell at the end of Chapter 13 and meets him at the start of Chapter 14.
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 North's choice to tell the story of The Whisper Man using the first person point-of-view for Tom and a third person limited omniscient narrator for other narrators, such as the child-murderer, Amanda, Jake, and even Pete. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are North’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of obsession treated within The Whisper Man and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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