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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?
(a) Hands up, elbows locked.
(b) Hands in their pockets, guns in the crook of their elbows.
(c) Hands on their heads.
(d) Hands behind their backs.

2. What aspect of Missy's case bothers Miles the most, according to Brenda in Chapter 8?
(a) He feels he should have gone with her, should have protected her.
(b) He was not the one to find her.
(c) He is a sheriff's deputy, he takes it as a personal failing that the driver was never found..
(d) She lay on the side of the road for so long.

3. In Chapter 1, what one reason does Miles realize is stopping him from moving on with his life since Missy's death?
(a) His obligations to his in-laws.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Missy's death is still an unsolved case.
(d) The small town atmosphere and lack of single women.

4. What do the boys initially tell Miles they were hunting in the abandoned house?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Owls.
(c) Rats.
(d) Sparrows.

5. What is causing the unnamed narrator to have trouble sleeping in the prologue?
(a) A bad back.
(b) Thoughts of deceased family members.
(c) His wife's snoring.
(d) Thoughts of fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Miles realize he is tired of?

2. How old was Missy Ryan when she was killed?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Miles find himself wondering about Sarah?

4. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?

5. What is the point of view used in the majority of this novel?

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