A Bend in the Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Nicholas Sparks (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Bend in the Road Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Nicholas Sparks (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 151 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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) Forty.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty-two.

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

3. In Chapter 4, what is the unnamed narrator looking at on his desk as he writes this section of his story?
(a) A diary.
(b) Crime scene photos.
(c) Old newspaper clippings.
(d) Pictures.

4. In Chapter 4, how many witnesses does the unnamed narrator say there were to Missy's death?
(a) Dozens.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how did Miles and Sarah spend Halloween?

2. Who escorted Missy Ryan's funeral hearse to the cemetery?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the unnamed narrator say people expected initially in the investigation of Missy's death?

4. What does Miles refer to as D-Day?

5. Why does Miles say he does not like Sarah's ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Why does Sarah show up at Jonah's soccer game one Saturday at the end of Chapter 7? How does Miles react?

5. Why does the unnamed narrator tell the reader he went to Missy's funeral?

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

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

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

9. What caused the demise of Sarah's marriage? How does she feel about this?

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

(see the answer keys)

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