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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Miles watch after Jonah has gone to bed?
(a) Home videos of his mother.
(b) Home videos of himself as a child.
(c) Home videos of drunk driving suspects.
(d) Home videos of Missy.

2. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?
(a) Hands up, elbows locked.
(b) Hands behind their backs.
(c) Hands in their pockets, guns in the crook of their elbows.
(d) Hands on their heads.

3. How long does Sarah say her parents have been married?
(a) Thirty-five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Twenty years.

4. In Chapter 1, what one reason does Miles realize is stopping him from moving on with his life since Missy's death?
(a) Missy's death is still an unsolved case.
(b) Jonah.
(c) The small town atmosphere and lack of single women.
(d) His obligations to his in-laws.

5. In Chapter 5, why does Miles think Missy's killer ran from the scene of the accident?
(a) He was drunk or hit her intentionally to hurt Miles.
(b) He was young and frightened.
(c) He was unaware of what he had done.
(d) He was afraid of Miles' wrath.

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

7. On what type of tour do Sarah and Miles go on?
(a) A tour of holiday decorated houses.
(b) A tour of expensive houses.
(c) A tour of haunted houses.
(d) A tour of historic homes.

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

9. To what does the unnamed narrator confess to in Chapter 10?
(a) He was the one who hit Missy.
(b) He witnessed the accident.
(c) He loved Missy.
(d) He is a long lost relative of Missy's.

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

11. In Chapter 1, what reason does Miles give Jonah for not making pancakes for breakfast?
(a) Toaster waffles are easier to make.
(b) They are running late.
(c) He tends to burn pancakes.
(d) Pancakes are too high in carbs.

12. What name does Sarah give to Otis Timson as her own?
(a) Sherri.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Sondra.
(d) Susan.

13. In Chapter 4, what does the unnamed narrator say people expected initially in the investigation of Missy's death?
(a) That Miles would be arrested quickly.
(b) That an out-of-towner did it.
(c) The responsible party would be found quickly.
(d) It would turn out to be a drunk driver.

14. For what reason does Miss Harkins say Harris Presser did not join the Confederate army during the Civil War?
(a) He no money for the required uniform.
(b) He was deaf.
(c) He was an only son and his parents asked him not to.
(d) He had a deformed foot.

15. In Chapter 3, where does Miles tell Sarah his father went after his mother's death?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Into a seminary.
(c) Into a nursing home.
(d) Into rehab.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 14, what reason does Sarah give for delaying introducing Miles to her family?

4. In Chapter 5, what does Miles think is the difference between his attraction to Missy and his attraction to Sarah?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Miles learn Otis Timson is claiming against him?

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