View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what excuse does Sarah learn she can use if she is ever late for an appointment again?
(a) She had a flat tire.
(b) She got stuck on the bridge.
(c) She was on the phone with her mother.
(d) She had to deal with a discipline issue with a student.

2. With whom does Sarah go shopping in Chapter 6?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her friend, Brenda.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

3. Who had the biggest hand in restoring New Bern's historic buildings?
(a) The Rockefeller Foundation.
(b) The Daughter's of the Revolution.
(c) The residents.
(d) A private corporation.

4. How long does Sarah say her parents have been married?
(a) Thirty-five years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Forty years.

5. What does the unnamed narrator say was the center of Missy and Miles' life?
(a) Their family.
(b) Their son.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Jonah think is causing Miles' silence in the car ride home?

2. In Chapter 3, what complaint does Miles silently make about Sarah's classroom during their first meeting?

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

4. In Chapter 13, what does Sarah say she once enjoyed doing at the bistros in the big city?

5. In Chapter 4, how many witnesses does the unnamed narrator say there were to Missy's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 Miles think he is not the type of man who can be alone? What is it Miles misses most about being married?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. Why has Sarah Andrews moved to New Bern? Why did she choose an apartment in downtown New Bern despite the difficult parking situation?

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,157 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample