The Intruder Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Freida McFadden's Thriller

Quiz

Plot and Sequence (8 Questions)

What does Casey see at her bedroom window in Chapter 3?
- A) A deer
- B) A pale face
- C) Rudy peering in
- D) A flashlight beam
Why does Casey break a glass in Chapter 6?
- A) She drops it while cleaning
- B) She is startled by Lee's knock at the door
- C) She throws it at an intruder
- D) The storm shakes the table
What does Ella find hidden inside her mother's closet in Chapter 32?
- A) A hidden stash of money
- B) Two pumpkins rotting since October
- C) Her birth certificate
- D) A locked diary
How does Casey finally get free from the duct tape in Chapter 48?
- A) She breaks it using the acceleration method her father taught her
- B) Eleanor cuts the tape and releases her
- C) She slides out of the loosened bindings
- D) Lee arrives and cuts her free
What is the true destination on the map Eleanor carried?
- A) Casey's cabin
- B) The nearest police station
- C) Lee's house
- D) A gas station on the main road
What does Anton do to Brittany in the schoolyard confrontation (Chapter 47)?
- A) He insults her and walks away
- B) He pushes her to the ground
- C) He punches her and then beats her face with a rock
- D) He threatens her with a knife
What does the final drawing in Eleanor's green notebook depict?
- A) A woman with a beauty mark being tortured
- B) A man lying in a pool of blood with a red-haired girl standing over him
- C) A map of the woods with a star at Casey's cabin
- D) Eleanor's own face with tears
What happens to Jolene Kettering by the end of the novel?
- A) She is arrested for child abuse
- B) She moves away with a new boyfriend
- C) Casey kills her in her own apartment
- D) She is rescued by paramedics

Character Motivation (5 Questions)

Why does Casey decide to let Eleanor into her cabin despite seeing blood on her clothes?
- A) She pities the girl and wants to help
- B) She remembers her father's lesson about helping strangers in need
- C) She fears the storm more than the stranger
- D) She hopes to interrogate Eleanor about the blood
Why does Ella ask Anton to teach her how to pick a lock?
- A) She wants to break into the principal's office
- B) She plans to use the skill to escape from the closet where her mother locks her
- C) She thinks it would be a fun game to play
- D) She wants to impress Brittany
Why does Eleanor want to kill Lee Traynor?
- A) He abused her when she was younger
- B) He abandoned her and her mother before she was born
- C) He stole money from her family
- D) He rejected her romantic advances
What motivates Casey to kill Jolene Kettering instead of calling the police?
- A) She fears the police won't believe her
- B) She believes in personal justice after failing to protect a student through official channels
- C) She wants to take revenge for her own abusive childhood
- D) She is paid to do it by Lee
Why did Casey lose her teaching job?
- A) She was caught stealing from the school
- B) She smashed the car of a student's abusive father with a baseball bat
- C) She argued with the principal about curriculum
- D) She had an inappropriate relationship with a student

Theme and Symbol (4 Questions)

What does the "infinity promise" between Casey and Eleanor represent?
- A) A binding contract
- B) Unconditional trust and loyalty
- C) A romantic vow
- D) A temporary truce
What does the switchblade Eleanor carries symbolize in the story?
- A) Her love of cooking
- B) Her vulnerability and the threat she poses
- C) Her fashion sense
- D) Her desire to go camping
In the novel, the hoarding in Ella's home serves primarily as a symbol of:
- A) Her mother's love of collecting
- B) Poverty and neglect that trap the family
- C) An artistic expression
- D) A secret treasure hiding place
The storm that rages throughout the cabin chapters symbolizes:
- A) The power of nature
- B) The chaos and danger closing in on Casey and Eleanor
- C) A cleansing force
- D) The protagonist's inner peace

Synthesis (3 Questions)

Compare Casey's actions at the end of the novel with her earlier incident at the school. What common motivation drives her? Short answer (2-3 sentences):
How does the epilogue reveal the hidden connection between Casey, Lee, and Anton? Short answer (2-3 sentences):
What is the significance of the paperclip necklace Anton gives to Ella? Short answer (2-3 sentences):

Answer Key

B) A pale face
In Chapter 3, Casey sees a pale face staring at her from outside the bedroom window. (outline ch5)
B) She is startled by Lee's knock at the door
When Lee knocks on the cabin door just before the storm, Casey is so startled she drops and breaks a glass. (outline ch8)
B) Two pumpkins rotting since October
Ella traces an overpowering smell to her mother's closet and finds two pumpkins that have been rotting since October. (outline ch32)
B) Eleanor cuts the tape and releases her
After holding Casey at knifepoint, Eleanor decides to cut the duct tape and leave the cabin. (outline ch48)
C) Lee's house
Casey realizes the map's final star was not her cabin but Lee's house half a mile away. (outline ch53)
C) He punches her and then beats her face with a rock
After Brittany taunts Ella, Anton punches Brittany and picks up a rock to beat her face repeatedly. (outline ch49)
B) A man lying in a pool of blood with a red-haired girl standing over him
The final drawing shows a man being stabbed by a red-haired girl, with Lee's name and address written above it. (outline ch53)
C) Casey kills her in her own apartment
Casey drives to Jolene's apartment, enters with Nell's key, and kills her by torturing her and leaving her to die. (outline ch57–58)
B) She remembers her father's lesson about helping strangers in need
Casey recalls her father's teaching that you help someone in trouble even if it's risky. (outline ch14)
B) She plans to use the skill to escape from the closet where her mother locks her
After Anton teaches her lockpicking, Ella practices so she can unlock the closet door. (outline ch31)
B) He abandoned her and her mother before she was born
Eleanor believes Lee is her biological father who left before her birth, though the truth is different. (outline ch53)
B) She believes in personal justice after failing to protect a student through official channels
Casey's failed attempt to save Karisa Harrel by legal means leads her to take vigilante action against Jolene. (outline ch56–57)
B) She smashed the car of a student's abusive father with a baseball bat
Casey was fired for destroying the car of Karisa's father, a police officer, after CPS and the principal did nothing. (outline ch56)
B) Unconditional trust and loyalty
The infinity promise is Casey's vow never to reveal Eleanor's location without permission, a pact of trust. (outline ch18)
B) Her vulnerability and the threat she poses
The switchblade shows Eleanor is both a frightened child and a dangerous intruder. (outline ch13, ch17)
B) Poverty and neglect that trap the family
The hoarding isolates Ella, prevents repairs, and symbolizes her mother's mental illness and neglect. (outline ch7, ch10, ch14, etc.)
B) The chaos and danger closing in on Casey and Eleanor
The storm heightens tension, cuts off escape, and mirrors the characters' internal turmoil. (outline ch8–11, etc.)
Model answer: Both times Casey acts out of a desire to protect an abused child. At the school she smashed a car; at the end she kills Jolene. In each case she bypasses legal systems because they failed the child, and she takes personal responsibility for justice.
Model answer: The epilogue reveals that Anton is Lee's older brother, serving life for killing their abusive father. Lee has been watching over Casey (then called Ella) at Anton's request, creating a hidden bond of family loyalty and sacrifice.
Model answer: The paperclip necklace is both a token of Anton's friendship and a practical tool. It contains the paperclip Ella uses to pick the closet lock, symbolizing how their bond gives her the means to escape her abusive home.