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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, why does Sarah say her parents moved to New Bern several years before she did?
(a) Her father took a new job.
(b) Her father retired.
(c) Her mother inhereted a farm.
(d) Her mother took a new job.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Miles learn Otis Timson is claiming against him?
(a) False arrest.
(b) Lying in the police report.
(c) Police brutality.
(d) Harrassment.

3. What does the unnamed narrator say was the center of Missy and Miles' life?
(a) Their jobs.
(b) Their friends.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their family.

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

5. Who is Caleb Bradham?
(a) Inventor of Pepsi-Cola.
(b) Inventor of Coca-Cola.
(c) Inventor of 7-Up.
(d) Inventor of Dr. Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Miles do the night Missy died instead of blowing the cut grass off the sidewalk as she had asked?

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

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

4. What river can Miles see from his back porch?

5. In what type of school did Sarah teach before coming to New Bern?

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