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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. What feeling does seeing Jake evoke most strongly within Pete?

2. Who goes with Amanda when she conducts a search of Francis Carter's last known address?

3. Chapter 50 reveals that Rebecca's cause of death had been due to what?

4. Pete tells Amanda in Chapter 25 that which character had been brought in for questioning 10 years before due to his odd behavior?

5. Who tells Norman Collins that his fingerprints have been found on the weapon used to murder Dominic Barnett?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sight feels "invasive and wrong" (178) to Tom when he sees the police searching the house on Garholt Street?

2. For what reason does Pete feel compelled to view Tony's body at the city's pathology unit?

3. What is the one useful piece of information Tom gleans from Mrs. Shearing when he visits her in Chapter 26?

4. What new lead comes to the police department's attention in Chapter 44 and why?

5. What type of scene do Karen and Tom find back at Tom's house at the end of Chapter 52?

6. For what reason does Tom leave Jake at home in Chapter 47 and who comes over to watch Jake?

7. On what basis is Norman arrested in Chapter 33 and how does Amanda feel about the event?

8. Discuss an instance when North uses a simile to create a vivid characterization of a marginal character, such as Norman.

9. Describe the police's response to Tom's call about the man trying to get into his house.

10. What does Chapter 40 reveal to be the significance of the name "Mister Night" (217)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why North instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Whisper Man.

Essay Topic 2

Trace the characterization arc of Pete’s character throughout the novel The Whisper Man. Discuss whether Pete is a round or flat character and whether Pete is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss North's choice to tell the story of The Whisper Man using the first person point-of-view for Tom and a third person limited omniscient narrator for other narrators, such as the child-murderer, Amanda, Jake, and even Pete. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are North’s intended effects on the reader?

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