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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miles do with Sims after Sims is finished telling his story?
(a) He beats him up.
(b) He lets him go.
(c) He files a report about the incident.
(d) He promises to speak with the D.A.

2. Who had the biggest hand in restoring New Bern's historic buildings?
(a) The Rockefeller Foundation.
(b) The Daughter's of the Revolution.
(c) The residents.
(d) A private corporation.

3. In Chapter 7, what does Miles find himself wondering about Sarah?
(a) The kind of movies she liked to watch.
(b) What her morning routine was like.
(c) The kind of men she was attracted to.
(d) What she looked like fresh from bed.

4. What reason does the narrator give for leaving the scene of the crime?
(a) He was confused.
(b) He was covering up his crime.
(c) He needed to go home.
(d) He was frightened.

5. What does the D.A. tell Charlie will be a deciding factor in whether or not he files charges against Miles for police brutality?
(a) If Miles is not fired from his job.
(b) If Miles causes any more trouble.
(c) If Miles refuses to drop charges against Otis.
(d) If Miles hurts another prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 20, what does Charlie tell Miles to do for the rest of the day?

2. In Chapter 20, who confronts Miles the moment he returns to the sheriff's office?

3. What does the narrator see Miles fail to do with Jonah while he is watching them after Missy's death?

4. To what does the unnamed narrator confess to in Chapter 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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