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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 1, what is Miles doing as he sits on his back porch?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Talking on the phone.
(c) Crying.
(d) Smoking.

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

3. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-two.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Charlie Curtis?

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

3. In Chapter 1, what reason does Miles give Jonah for not making pancakes for breakfast?

4. What is the point of view of the prologue of this novel?

5. What is causing the unnamed narrator to have trouble sleeping in the prologue?

(see the answer key)

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