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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 162 – 221.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Scott say he learned from the police this morning on August 7, 2013?
(a) He learned that Megan was pregnant.
(b) He learned that Megan was having an affair.
(c) He learned that he is being formally charged.
(d) He learned that Megan committed suicide.

2. Where does Scott say he was attending a conference on Friday when he speaks with Rachel on July 21, 2013?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Camridge.
(c) Witney.
(d) London.

3. What kind of birds does the narrator describe laughing at her in the prologue?
(a) Ravens.
(b) Buzzards.
(c) Magpies.
(d) Crows.

4. Who does Rachel identify as the man she saw Megan kissing on the day before she disappeared?
(a) Craig McKenzie.
(b) Scott Hipwell.
(c) Rajesh Gujral.
(d) Kamal Abdic.

5. Rachel says early in the novel, "Life is not a paragraph and death is no" what?
(a) "Sentence."
(b) "Question mark."
(c) "Apostrophe."
(d) "Parenthesis."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows Anna the tabloid at the coffee shop on August 7, 2013?

2. What does Rachel reveal to be the trigger for when she began drinking during her visit with Dr. Abdic on August 8, 2013?

3. What does Rachel read Dr. Abdic has a previous conviction for in the newspapers on July 23, 2013?

4. What is the name of Megan's brother that she describes on September 20, 2012?

5. About how many people does Rachel estimate die on the train tracks per year?

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