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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 does Brian bring to Missy's grave each time he visits?

2. Who is Harvey Tillman?

3. How does Sarah react to Brian's description of the actual accident?

4. In Chapter 26, why does Jonah tell Miles he does not like the case file on Missy's accident?

5. In Chapter 28, what does the narrator say has become his weekly habit since Missy's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sims Addison claim in Chapter 17 that he never wants to return to jail?

2. How does Miles react when Sarah and Brian tell him the truth about the accident that killed Missy?

3. In Chapter 24, what is Miles doing when Jonah comes home from school? What does he tell Sarah when she later comes to the house?

4. How does Charlie react when he learns that Miles arrested Otis Timson?

5. How does Miles react to Jonah's questions about his mother when he finds Miles watching home videos?

6. Why does the unnamed narrator begin to spy on Jonah and Miles? What does he hope to see?

7. What does Miles do during the arrest of Otis Timson that could come back to haunt him later?

8. Despite a reluctance to return to jail, what is Sims Addison doing in Chapter 17 when Miles pulls him over?

9. Why does Miles tell Sarah he took the gun out of the gardening shed? Why does Miles say he can no longer see Sarah?

10. In Chapter 16, what does the unnamed narrator say he did when he saw Missy up ahead of him on the road?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to Miles when he hears Sims Addison's accusations against Otis Timson? How does Miles react to Charlie's insistence that he stay out of the investigation? Why does Miles go to Sarah with his frustrations? How does Sarah react? What does this tell Miles about Sarah's concern in the situation? What impact will these new accusations have on Miles and Sarah's relationship? Does this imply that Miles is not over Missy? Does this imply that Miles does not love Sarah?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:

1) Sarah and Brian.

2) Miles and Missy.

3) Charlie and Miles.

4) Otis Timson and Miles.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay:

1) Love.

2) Family.

3) Grief.

4) Moving On.

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