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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nothing.
(c) Miss Andrews said something terrible about Jonah's behavior.
(d) Miles is planning a surprise.

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

3. In Chapter 5, what item does Miles say someone placed over Missy's body in the moments after the accident?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A burlap sack.
(d) A sheet.

4. In Chapter 4, what excuse does the unnamed narrator suggest Miles might have made for Missy returning late the night of her death?
(a) She stopped to have a drink at the Tavern.
(b) She stopped to pick up a fresh bottle of wine.
(c) She stopped to speak someone from work.
(d) She stopped to complain about him to her mother.

5. In Chapter 4, how many witnesses does the unnamed narrator say there were to Missy's death?
(a) One.
(b) Dozens.
(c) None.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what complaint does Miles silently make about Sarah's classroom during their first meeting?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Jonah say is the difference between the work his new teacher, Miss Andrews, assigns as compared to his previous teacher, Mrs. Hayes?

3. How does the unnamed narrator say that Missy and Miles met?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Sarah say her parents moved to New Bern several years before she did?

5. With whom does Sarah go shopping in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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