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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character receives the phone call and permission to release the child?
(a) Cheryl Lynn Tilly.
(b) Huey Cotton.
(c) Peter McDill.
(d) Joe Hickey.

2. What does Karen try to do to distract Hickey once they return from the cabin to keep him from forcing himself on her?
(a) She calls the police.
(b) She tries to get him drunk.
(c) She locks him in the basement.
(d) She gives him a sleeping pill.

3. When Karen tends to Abby, what does she ask Abby to try to do?
(a) Steal the kidnapper's cell phone.
(b) Try to run away from the kidnapper.
(c) Pretend like she is really sick.
(d) Scream as much as possible.

4. Who does Karen successfully explain to Stephanie Morgan that the kidnapper is?
(a) A sales-man.
(b) A old-family friend.
(c) A cousin attempting to settle her uncle's estate.
(d) A lawn-care man.

5. How is the president of the cell phone provider connected to the one of the characters in the book?
(a) The president is one of Will's former patients.
(b) The president is Abby's grandfather.
(c) The president is Margaret McDill.
(d) Hickey is the president of the cell phone privider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Huey doing when Abby tries to run away?

2. What event happens when Hickey regains control of the kidnapping after it appears that Abby is going to be saved in Chapter 10?

3. What food item is the kidnapper's partner instructed to feed Abby?

4. How does Karen help Hickey after she injures him?

5. What does the kidnapper do to keep Karen from knowing where they are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story that Will Jennings is instructed to tell his accountant, as described in Chapter 3.

2. Describe what happens when Abby finds the cell phone in Chapter 8.

3. Even though Will was told not to trace the cell phone call, in Chapter 9 why does he do it anyway?

4. Why is Margaret McDill convinced that she and her son Peter will surely be murdered, in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 10, why does Hickey tell Will that he should not have Huey's cell phone signal traced?

6. In Chapter 10, Will's connection with the cell phone provider is explained. What is it?

7. In Chapter 10, what evidence is given that Huey will do anything that Hickey asks him?

8. Why is Abby's running away from the cabin a mistake, in Chapter 8?

9. Describe the drug Restorase that Will is presenting at the medical association meeting, as described in Chapter 4.

10. What is so significant about the amount of money chosen for ransom as described in Chapter 3? What will Hickey, Huey, and Cheryl it use the money for?

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