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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 NOT an element Pete despises about the autopsy suites at the city's pathology unit?
2. What is the name of Karen's son?
3. The policemen who arrive at Tom's door in Chapter 22 lose interest in Tom's story about the intruder when what object is mentioned?
4. What feeling does seeing Jake evoke most strongly within Pete?
5. From whose perspective are the events of Chapter 44 presented?
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. Who was Dominic Barnett, according to Pete's accounts?
3. For what reason does Pete feel compelled to view Tony's body at the city's pathology unit?
4. Who is Karen and what advice does she give to Tom in Chapter 24?
5. Describe the police's response to Tom's call about the man trying to get into his house.
6. How does Tom discover the "old mechanic's pit" (147) located under his garage floor in Chapter 27?
7. What does Pete decide before his final prison visit with Frank Carter in Chapter 42?
8. In what way is Norman Collins revealed to be a red herring in Chapter 37 of the novel?
9. What was Frank Carter's murder signature and what hypothesis does Pete create about it in Chapter 49?
10. In what way is irony used within North's depiction of Amanda's feelings of respect for Pete?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss North’s messages about guilt and responsibility within The Whisper Man.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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