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

2. In Chapter 26, Miles decides he needs to see ___________after leaving the sheriff's office.
(a) Brian.
(b) Jonah.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Maureen.

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

4. How does the unnamed narrator say that Missy and Miles met?
(a) Introduced by friends in high school.
(b) At a college frat party.
(c) Introduced by their parents after college.
(d) At a high school party.

5. Why does Sarah tell her mother Miles agreed to work Thanksgiving Day?
(a) He can have Christmas off.
(b) He can escape the neverending football games.
(c) He can enjoy the peace and quiet of the empty station.
(d) They need extra help at the drunk driving checkpoints.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?

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

3. What was the weather like the day of Missy Ryan's funeral?

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

5. In Chapter 19, who tries to stop Miles from leaving the sheriff's office?

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