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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 Miles refer to as D-Day?
(a) Date day.
(b) Donuts for breakfast day.
(c) The anniversary of the day he became a deputy.
(d) Dog to the vet day.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Miles realize he is tired of?
(a) Being an object of pity.
(b) Being a sheriff's deputy.
(c) Being a single parent.
(d) Being lonely.

3. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?
(a) Hands up, elbows locked.
(b) Hands in their pockets, guns in the crook of their elbows.
(c) Hands behind their backs.
(d) Hands on their heads.

4. In Chapter 5, what does Jonah think is causing Miles' silence in the car ride home?
(a) Miles is angry and Jonah is in trouble.
(b) Miss Andrews said something terrible about Jonah's behavior.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Miles is planning a surprise.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, what excuse does Sarah learn she can use if she is ever late for an appointment again?

3. What is the point of view used in the majority of this novel?

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

5. In Chapter 3, where does Miles tell Sarah his father went after his mother's death?

(see the answer key)

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