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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. On what street is the house in Featherbank to which Jake and Tom move?
(a) Modoc Street.
(b) Chestnut Street.
(c) Garholt Street.
(d) Liminal Street.

2. What is NOT a color featured on the butterflies Tom finds roosting in his garage?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Purple.
(d) Orange.

3. Chapter 2 presents events from whose perspective?
(a) Tom's.
(b) Neil's.
(c) Jake's.
(d) Pete's.

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

5. By the time Amanda hosts a press conference, how many hours have passed since Neil's disappearance?
(a) 22.
(b) 46.
(c) 4.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Spencer tells Amanda in Chapter 6 that Neil had reported what type of creature outside his window before he went missing?

2. How old would Tony Smith be if he were alive today, aocording to Pete in Chapter 10?

3. Jake describes the feeling of remembering this mother Rebecca is dead with the sound what food makes when it is chopped?

4. It is revealed in Chapter 21 by Neil's murderer that he had kept Neil for how many months before killing him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Pete is a determined man.

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

4. What event occurs at the end of Part Two that causes Tom to call the police?

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

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

7. What is Jake's response to the concern Tom voices in Chapter 9 about Jake's drawing?

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

9. When Pete visits Frank Carter in prison in Chapter 15, Frank Carter says that he will give up Tony Smith's whereabouts if Pete takes what action?

10. Why do the other officers involved in the search for Neil in Chapter 2 consider Pete's presence odd?

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