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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 aspect of Missy's case bothers Miles the most, according to Brenda in Chapter 8?
(a) He was not the one to find her.
(b) He is a sheriff's deputy, he takes it as a personal failing that the driver was never found..
(c) She lay on the side of the road for so long.
(d) He feels he should have gone with her, should have protected her.

2. What is the point of view used in the majority of this novel?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Authoria voice.
(c) Third person limited.
(d) First person.

3. In Chapter 1, what does Miles think Missy's reaction to Jonah's troubles would have been?
(a) She would have bought Jonah a dozen tutors.
(b) She would have punished Jonah.
(c) She would have had them under control before they even happened.
(d) She would have blamed the teacher.

4. In Chapter 3, what assumptions did Sarah make about Miles that she found to be incorrect at their first meeting?
(a) That he would be weepy and still grieving his wife.
(b) That he would be rude and unconcerned about Jonah's schoolwork.
(c) That he would be older and overweight.
(d) That he would be more of a redneck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sarah as the novel begins?

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

3. In Chapter 6, what was the first thing that went wrong in Sarah's day?

4. What do the boys initially tell Miles they were hunting in the abandoned house?

5. What does the unnamed narrator say was the center of Missy and Miles' life?

(see the answer key)

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