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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 other name is mentioned within the prologue, in addition to the person to whom it is addressed?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Marion.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Lisa.

2. How many dead children's bodies were found in Frank Carter's house?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. At whom or at what object does Jake wave when he leaves the 567 Club for the last time in Chapter 4?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Karen.
(d) An empty table.

4. What type of facility is the 567 Club, where Jake is introduced to the reader for the first time in Chapter 3?
(a) A karate school.
(b) A trampoline center.
(c) A day care.
(d) A roller skating rink.

5. What color were the tracks pants Neil was reportedly wearing when he went missing?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 10 presents narration from Pete's perspective, how many years has it been since Tony Smith's murder?

2. In what part of Frank Carter's house were the dead bodies of children found?

3. Which character cries as a result of Jake's warning about a certain entity taking the children in the classroom?

4. How many years before the events of Chapter 1 did Pete catch and incarcerate Frank Carter?

5. How many words has Tom produced by the end of the day portrayed in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what sentiment does the writer of the prologue end his address to his son Jake?

2. What piece of information does Mrs. Spencer remember and tell Amanda that causes Amanda to race to meet with Colin, her superior?

3. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?

4. What development causes Pete to tell Amanda that there is likely a break in the Neil Spencer case coming up?

5. What symbolism does Tom see within the name Featherbank?

6. Describe the man who rings Tom's doorbell at the end of Chapter 13 and meets him at the start of Chapter 14.

7. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?

8. In what way does the final line of Chapter 1 refer back to the novel's title and why?

9. What does Jake tell his father Tom in Chapter 11 that convinces Tom to honor the boy's request to sleep in his father's bed?

10. What does Jake do when Tom asks if he wants to say goodbye at the end of Chapter 4?

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