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

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

3. In Chapter 3, what item does Miles offer to buy for Sarah in exchange for her work with Jonah?
(a) A gross of crayons for the students.
(b) A meal out.
(c) A fan.
(d) An English textbook.

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 older and overweight.
(b) That he would be more of a redneck.
(c) That he would be rude and unconcerned about Jonah's schoolwork.
(d) That he would be weepy and still grieving his wife.

5. In Chapter 1, what reason does Jonah give Miles for not telling him about the trouble he was having in class?
(a) He does not want Miles to be mad at him.
(b) He was embarrassed.
(c) He thought Miles was too busy to help him.
(d) He did tell Miles, Miles simply was not paying attention.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of school did Sarah teach before coming to New Bern?

2. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, what is Miles thinking about as he drives home with Jonah?

(see the answer key)

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