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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 sport does Jonah Ryan play?
(a) Football.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Baseball.

2. In Chapter 4, what is the unnamed narrator looking at on his desk as he writes this section of his story?
(a) Old newspaper clippings.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Crime scene photos.
(d) A diary.

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

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

5. What does Jonah sleep with every night that Missy gave him?
(a) A baby blanket.
(b) An action figure.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A special pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sarah live before moving to New Bern?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Miles think Missy's reaction to Jonah's troubles would have been?

3. In Chapter 5, what item does Miles say someone placed over Missy's body in the moments after the accident?

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

5. What does the unnamed narrator say this story is about in the prologue?

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