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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steve do as he waits for his ex-wife to arrive in Chapter 2?
(a) Plays guitar.
(b) Plays violin.
(c) Paints.
(d) Plays piano.

2. In Chapter 1, Ronnie has not spoken to her father in how long?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. Where does Ronnie live with her mother?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Hampshire.

4. In the Prologue, Ronnie thinks of when it all began and shows her mother a news article about what?
(a) A church fire.
(b) A murder.
(c) A lost child.
(d) A bank robbery.

5. What refers to a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Catalyst.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Exposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marcus's girlfriend in the novel?

2. What refers to the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces in literature?

3. What is Ronnie's father's name?

4. Where does Ronnie's father live?

5. Where did Steve teach for many years before relocating?

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