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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 drink does Sarah tell Miles she has first thing in the morning?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Juice.
2. What do the boys initially tell Miles they were hunting in the abandoned house?
(a) Owls.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Rats.
3. In Chapter 4, what does the unnamed narrator say people expected initially in the investigation of Missy's death?
(a) It would turn out to be a drunk driver.
(b) That an out-of-towner did it.
(c) That Miles would be arrested quickly.
(d) The responsible party would be found quickly.
4. In Chapter 14, how did Miles and Sarah spend Halloween?
(a) At the beach and then trick-or-treating with Jonah.
(b) At a church carnival.
(c) On vacation in Nag's Head.
(d) A a school party.
5. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty-nine.
(d) Twenty.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the question the unnamed narrator asks as he begins the prologue?
2. What sport does Jonah Ryan play?
3. In what type of school did Sarah teach before coming to New Bern?
4. What type of bushes does Miles plant in his garden to please Sarah?
5. In Chapter 2, why does Sarah say her parents moved to New Bern several years before she did?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Miles do the day Missy died rather than stay home and care for the lawn as she asked? What were the last words he said to her that day?
2. How did Miles come to have a case file on the death of his wife? What does he do with it?
3. Why does Sarah show up at Jonah's soccer game one Saturday at the end of Chapter 7? How does Miles react?
4. How does Miles react when Charlie tells him that Otis Timson would be released from jail that day? For what reason?
5. Why does Brenda insist on talking with Sarah about Miles? What does Brenda tell Sarah about Miles?
6. Why does Miles insist that he is not a smoker? Who calls him a smoker?
7. Why does Sarah tell Miles in Chapter 3 that she does not usually tutor students herself but will make an exception in this case?
8. In Chapter 13, Miles asks Sarah about living in the big city. What does Sarah tell him? How does he react?
9. Whom does Sarah run into as she waits for Miles to get their drinks at the Tavern? What is her initial impression of him?
10. In Chapter 12, what does Miles tell Sarah about Missy? How does Sarah respond?
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