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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The predator featured in Chapter 1 watches Neil throw rocks at what type of object?
(a) A bench.
(b) A window.
(c) A television.
(d) A jungle gym.

2. What action does Jake ask permission to take in Chapter 11 that Tom says is unprecedented?
(a) He asks for a cup of tea.
(b) He asks to sleep in Tom's bed.
(c) He asks whether he can have a dog.
(d) He asks for a nightlight.

3. What color is the room in which Pete always visits with Frank Carter at the prison?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. What event occurs that prevents the girl in the checked blue-and-white dress from clarifying the meaning of the rhyme she told to Jake?
(a) Sharon leaves.
(b) She vanishes.
(c) Tom arrives.
(d) Rebecca arrives.

5. To whom is the prologue addressed in the novel entitled The Whisper Man?
(a) Karen.
(b) Jake.
(c) Tom.
(d) Pete.

6. Across what type of feature is the predator in Chapter 1 tracking the little boy named Neil?
(a) A golf course.
(b) A piece of waste ground.
(c) A public park.
(d) A swamp.

7. In Chapter 11, Tom has a nightmare about his father throwing what object at Tom's mother's face?
(a) An iron.
(b) A knife.
(c) A medicine ball.
(d) A glass.

8. The predator whose perspective is provided in Chapter 1 hides behind what kinds of features as he tracks Neil?
(a) Billboards.
(b) Bushes.
(c) Curtains.
(d) People.

9. Who tells Jake in Chapter 3 that his father Tom has been awarded a home loan at the bank?
(a) Mister Night.
(b) The little girl in the checked blue-and-white dress.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Rebecca.

10. Which character bullies Jake by saying that Jake had taken Neil Spencer's classroom chair?
(a) Matt.
(b) Owen.
(c) Tabby.
(d) Lucas.

11. Jake describes the feeling of remembering this mother Rebecca is dead with the sound what food makes when it is chopped?
(a) An apple.
(b) A pepper.
(c) A hard-boiled egg.
(d) A carrot.

12. How long has it been since Tom wrote anything, as revealed in Chapter 13?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

13. What does the predator whisper to Neil at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Stop.
(b) Come here.
(c) Hello.
(d) Neil.

14. Which character was referred to in the newspapers as "The Whisper Man" (36)?
(a) Dominic Barnett.
(b) Frank Carter.
(c) Norman Collins.
(d) Victor Tyler.

15. Which character is in charge of the investigation regarding Neil Spencer's disappearance?
(a) Pete.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Todd.
(d) Colin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color jogging pants had Tony Smith been wearing when he disappeared?

2. What is the name of the worker at the 567 Club who is kind to Jake?

3. In what decade of life does Tom assume the intruder on his property to be in Chapters 13 and 14?

4. What is the name of the law enforcement official above both Pete and Amanda?

5. On what street is the house in Featherbank to which Jake and Tom move?

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