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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 does the unnamed narrator say this story is about in the prologue?
(a) Love and forgiveness.
(b) Love and loneliness.
(c) Murder and intrigue.
(d) Lies and deciet.

2. In what type of school did Sarah teach before coming to New Bern?
(a) Private schools.
(b) Inner-city schools.
(c) Charter schools.
(d) She did not, she was a private tutor.

3. What is the point of view of the prologue of this novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) First person.
(c) Authorial voice.
(d) Third person limited.

4. In Chapter 2, what does Sarah think New Bern is perfect for doing?
(a) Finding romance.
(b) Starting life over after a divorce.
(c) Writing a historical novel.
(d) Raising children.

5. Where did Sarah live before moving to New Bern?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Baltimore.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Miles hear gunfire?

2. In Chapter 4, what is the unnamed narrator looking at on his desk as he writes this section of his story?

3. In Chapter 5, why does Miles think Missy's killer ran from the scene of the accident?

4. In Chapter 4, what does the unnamed narrator say people expected initially in the investigation of Missy's death?

5. What do the boys initially tell Miles they were hunting in the abandoned house?

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