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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Pete leaves in Chapter 34, Jake thanks him for the use of what kind of apartment?
(a) Spacious.
(b) Cozy.
(c) Delightful.
(d) Cool.

2. How does Tom feel when he finds out in Chapter 41 that someone he knows is a reporter?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Elated.
(d) Sad.

3. In Chapter 23, Pete engages in what type of activity to reduce the stress associated with Neil's case?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Binge-drinking.
(d) Meditation.

4. 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?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) A doorbell.
(d) A Miniature Schnauzer.

5. To what type of establishment do Karen and Tom go after dropping their respective sons off at school in Chapter 36?
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A bar.
(d) A park.

6. Frank Carter owned what type of firm before he was imprisoned for murder?
(a) Law.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Waste management.
(d) Scaffolding.

7. Who remembers in Chapter 45 that the front door has been left unlocked?
(a) Tom.
(b) Pete.
(c) Jake.
(d) Norman.

8. Which piece of information does Tom NOT tell Karen during their outing in Chapter 36?
(a) The identity of his father.
(b) Pete's involvement in the Tony Smith investigation.
(c) His late wife Rebecca's cause of death.
(d) The reason for the police search of his home.

9. The narrator of Chapter 32 presents events from whose perspective?
(a) Jake's.
(b) Amanda's.
(c) Tom's.
(d) Pete's.

10. What is the house number of the house on Garholt Street that Norman Collins once tried to buy?
(a) 88.
(b) 13.
(c) 231.
(d) 856.

11. Neil's time of death is estimated in Chapter 23 to consist of a window of how many hours?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

12. Who provides a place for Tom and Jake to stay while their house is still considered an active crime scene?
(a) The police.
(b) Karen.
(c) Norman Collins.
(d) Dyson.

13. Which character notices the tension between Pete and Tom in Chapter 32?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Karen.
(c) Dyson.
(d) Jake.

14. Pete thinks in Chapter 30 about what kind of weapon that was used to kill Dominic Barnett?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A shotgun.
(c) A pistol.
(d) A saw.

15. What is the major revelation that occurs at the end of Chapter 31?
(a) Pete has remarried.
(b) Pete is Tom's father.
(c) Jake is adopted.
(d) Tom has another child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body does Pete view when he travels to the city's pathology unit in Chapter 28?

2. Who runs the briefing that is held in Chapter 23 the day after Neil's body is found at the waste ground?

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

4. What happens to Norman Collins at the end of Chapter 33?

5. At the end of Chapter 24, Tom decides to visit which character to get some answers about Dominic Barnett?

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