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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Forty.

2. What does Jonah sleep with every night that Missy gave him?
(a) A baby blanket.
(b) A special pillow.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) An action figure.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What garment does Sarah's mother forbid her from wearing on her first date with Miles?

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

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

4. How does the unnamed narrator say that Missy and Miles met?

5. What is the question the unnamed narrator asks as he begins the prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, for what reason does Sarah think that Jonah has become so far behind in his class work? What does she think of that?

2. In Chapter 13, what story does Miss Harkins tell Sarah and Miles?

3. Who does the unnamed narrator say this story is about? Why does he preface this by telling the reader all about Missy Ryan?

4. Whom does Sarah run into as she waits for Miles to get their drinks at the Tavern? What is her initial impression of him?

5. In Chapter 7, why does Miles suddenly feel pressured to ask Sarah out? Why does he not do it?

6. How do Sarah's parents react to meeting Miles and Jonah for the first time? What is Brian's reaction to Miles and Jonah?

7. Why does Brenda insist on talking with Sarah about Miles? What does Brenda tell Sarah about Miles?

8. How does Sarah react to the news that her ex-husband is planning to remarry? Why does she react this way?

9. How does Miles deal with Jonah's many nightmares?

10. What does the unnamed narrator in Chapter 4 tell the reader kept Miles from looking for Missy on the day of her death when she was late coming home? Who told Miles about Missy's accident?

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