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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 name of the previous owner of the house in Featherbank where Jake and Tom move?

2. Mrs. Spencer tells Amanda in Chapter 6 that Neil had reported what type of creature outside his window before he went missing?

3. In Chapter 17, Jake gets moved to what color on the discipline chart on his very first day of school?

4. What color were the tracks pants Neil was reportedly wearing when he went missing?

5. How old is Detective Inspector Pete Willis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the other officers involved in the search for Neil in Chapter 2 consider Pete's presence odd?

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

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. The reader learns in Chapter 19 the reason behind Pete's divorce from his wife Sally. What was the reason?

5. Whose courage does Pete admire in Chapter 12 when he reflects upon the capture of Frank Carter?

6. For what reason has Tom worried about the trajectory of his career in the wake of Rebecca's death?

7. What piece of information does Mrs. Spencer remember and tell Amanda that causes Amanda to race to meet with Colin, her superior?

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

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

10. With what sentiment does the writer of the prologue end his address to his son Jake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why North instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Whisper Man.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss North’s messages about guilt and responsibility within The Whisper Man.

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