View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had the biggest hand in restoring New Bern's historic buildings?
(a) The residents.
(b) The Daughter's of the Revolution.
(c) A private corporation.
(d) The Rockefeller Foundation.

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

3. What is the question the unnamed narrator asks as he begins the prologue?
(a) Where does a story begin?
(b) How do you begin a story?
(c) What is the definition of beginning?
(d) Does a story begin with tragedy?

4. From where does Miles hear gunfire?
(a) Inside an abandoned house.
(b) From his boss's office.
(c) In an abandoned corn field.
(d) Inside the local courthouse.

5. Who is Mrs. Knowlson?
(a) Miles' cousin.
(b) Miles' neighbor.
(c) Miles' aunt.
(d) Miles' former teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what was the first thing that went wrong in Sarah's day?

2. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?

3. What does Jonah sleep with every night that Missy gave him?

4. In Chapter 1, what one reason does Miles realize is stopping him from moving on with his life since Missy's death?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 290 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample