The Sweet Hereafter | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. The story is told from the perspective of how many narrators?

4

2. Who is the first narrator to tell the story?

Dolores Driscoll

3. What does the character in #2 think she saw on the road on that fateful morning?

A dog

4. What can you see when it is snowing and drifting?

Optical illusions

5. Dolores always acted __________________________.

As if things were real

6. Dolores always preferred to err ________________________.

On the side of the angels

7. What is Dolores' job?

School bus driver

8. In what city does Dolores live?

Sam Dent

9. In what state does Dolores live?

New York

10. How long has Dolores lived in this town?

22 years

11. What is the temperature on the morning when Dolores starts her story?

17 below

12. Who is Abbot Driscoll?

Dolores' husband

13. Where is Dolores' bus kept?

Barn