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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Miles bring to Sarah on their first date?
(a) An expensive bottle of wine.
(b) A box of candy.
(c) A dozen red roses.
(d) Six yellow roses.

2. In Chapter 5, what is Miles thinking about as he drives home with Jonah?
(a) Missy.
(b) Missy's death and Sarah and Jonah.
(c) His lunch with Charlie.
(d) Whether he should go fishing over the weekend or not.

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

4. In Chapter 4, what excuse does the unnamed narrator suggest Miles might have made for Missy returning late the night of her death?
(a) She stopped to pick up a fresh bottle of wine.
(b) She stopped to speak someone from work.
(c) She stopped to have a drink at the Tavern.
(d) She stopped to complain about him to her mother.

5. 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 had a deformed foot.
(c) He was an only son and his parents asked him not to.
(d) He was deaf.

6. In Chapter 5, what item does Miles say someone placed over Missy's body in the moments after the accident?
(a) A burlap sack.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A blanket.

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

8. How old was Missy Ryan when she was killed?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Twenty.

9. What reason does Miss Harkins give for Harris Presser's arrest and execution?
(a) He was accused of pilfering from war victims.
(b) He was accused of being a Confederate spy.
(c) He was accused of stealing money from the army.
(d) He was accused of being a Union spy.

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

11. What is the question the unnamed narrator asks as he begins the prologue?
(a) Where does a story begin?
(b) How do you begin a story?
(c) What is the definition of beginning?
(d) Does a story begin with tragedy?

12. 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 mother took a new job.
(c) Her father retired.
(d) Her father took a new job.

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

14. What one concern does Charlie have about Miles' relationship with Sarah?
(a) It is moving too fast.
(b) Jonah might not be ready.
(c) Sarah might not be trustworthy.
(d) Miles might not be ready to move on.

15. Who is Caleb Bradham?
(a) Inventor of 7-Up.
(b) Inventor of Coca-Cola.
(c) Inventor of Pepsi-Cola.
(d) Inventor of Dr. Pepper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the unnamed narrator say Missy worked shortly after her wedding to Miles?

2. What university does Sarah say her brother, Brian, attends?

3. Who is Mrs. Knowlson?

4. What is the point of view of the prologue of this novel?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Miles realize he is tired of?

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