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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. What did Miles do the night Missy died instead of blowing the cut grass off the sidewalk as she had asked?
(a) Took a shower.
(b) Made himself a snack.
(c) Put the fish away.
(d) Went out with his friends.

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

3. In Chapter 14, what reason does Sarah give for delaying introducing Miles to her family?
(a) She wants to keep him to herself.
(b) She is afraid they will not like him.
(c) She does not want to scare him off.
(d) She is afraid he will not like them.

4. Who escorted Missy Ryan's funeral hearse to the cemetery?
(a) Miles only.
(b) The fire department.
(c) Military vehicles.
(d) Every sheriff and police officer in the county.

5. What game do Sarah and Miles play that Sarah proves to be surprisingly good at?
(a) Pool.
(b) Foosball.
(c) Poker.
(d) Air Hockey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sarah tell her mother Miles agreed to work Thanksgiving Day?

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

3. Who had the biggest hand in restoring New Bern's historic buildings?

4. What is causing the unnamed narrator to have trouble sleeping in the prologue?

5. Who is Charlie Curtis?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Miles come to have a case file on the death of his wife? What does he do with it?

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

3. In Chapter 1, what did Miles find in Jonah's backpack? What does Jonah have to say about it?

4. 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?

5. What reason does Sarah give for inviting Miles and Jonah to her family home for Thanksgiving dinner?

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

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

8. Why does Jonah object in Chapter 5 to having to stay after school with Miss Andrews several times a week? How does Miles talk him into cooperating?

9. What does Miles tell Sarah about his family during their first date? How does Sarah react to the information?

10. Why does Sarah tell Miles in Chapter 3 that she does not usually tutor students herself but will make an exception in this case?

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