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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the writer of the prologue apologizes at the end of the passage, for what transgression does he apologize?
2. How many years before the events of Chapter 1 did Pete catch and incarcerate Frank Carter?
3. How many dead children's bodies were found in Frank Carter's house?
4. How many words has Tom produced by the end of the day portrayed in Chapter 18?
5. What kind of smile does Jake draw onto the girl in the blue-and-white dress in his drawing featured in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jake do when Tom asks if he wants to say goodbye at the end of Chapter 4?
2. Whose courage does Pete admire in Chapter 12 when he reflects upon the capture of Frank Carter?
3. 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?
4. What new details about the Tony Smith case does the reader learn in Chapter 7?
5. 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?
6. What is Jake's response to the concern Tom voices in Chapter 9 about Jake's drawing?
7. What piece of information does Mrs. Spencer remember and tell Amanda that causes Amanda to race to meet with Colin, her superior?
8. 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?
9. Why do the other officers involved in the search for Neil in Chapter 2 consider Pete's presence odd?
10. For what reason has Tom worried about the trajectory of his career in the wake of Rebecca's death?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does North send within the pages of The Whisper Man concerning the link between altruism and self-preservation?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss North’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Whisper Man.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for The Whisper Man.
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