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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. Who remembers in Chapter 45 that the front door has been left unlocked?

2. Toward what location does Pete drivea at the start of Chapter 35?

3. Tom discovers at the very end of Chapter 52 that which character is no longer in Tom's house?

4. What does Tom find out about Dominic Barnett, his home's former tenant, in Chapter 24?

5. What is NOT an element Pete despises about the autopsy suites at the city's pathology unit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sight feels "invasive and wrong" (178) to Tom when he sees the police searching the house on Garholt Street?

2. For what reason does Tom leave Jake at home in Chapter 47 and who comes over to watch Jake?

3. How does Tom discover the "old mechanic's pit" (147) located under his garage floor in Chapter 27?

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

5. In what way does the theme of betrayal arise within one of the chapters in Part Four narrated by Tom?

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

7. In what way does North portray Pete as both a skeptic and a dreamer?

8. What is the one useful piece of information Tom gleans from Mrs. Shearing when he visits her in Chapter 26?

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

10. What does Chapter 40 reveal to be the significance of the name "Mister Night" (217)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Read a lengthy interview with North. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of North’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Whisper Man.

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within North’s novel The Whisper Man. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What message does North send within the pages of The Whisper Man concerning the link between altruism and self-preservation?

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