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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 image does the narrator say haunted him in the weeks after Missy's death?
(a) The sight of his car.
(b) The sight of her face.
(c) The sight of her twisted limbs.
(d) The sight of the dog.

2. Who is Thurman Jones?
(a) Hailey Prison warden.
(b) The D.A.
(c) The Timson family lawyer.
(d) Charlie's cousin.

3. In Chapter 29, what does Brian want to know if Sarah did when he first arrives at her apartment?
(a) If she told Charlie Otis was innocent.
(b) If she called Charlie about Miles.
(c) If she told Miles to back off of Otis.
(d) If she told anyone the truth about Missy's death.

4. In Chapter 34, whose fault was the accident between Miles and Wiggins?
(a) Brian.
(b) Wiggins.
(c) Miles.
(d) No one.

5. In Chapter 31, to whose house does Charlie go on Sunday rather than to church?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Miles.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Brian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what does Miles tell Sarah that Charlie took from him?

2. What does the narrator say he was waiting for in the weeks after Missy's death?

3. In Chapter 36, what does Brian momentarily think Miles intends to do to him?

4. In Chapter 18, why does the narrator say he failed to contact the police the day after Missy's death?

5. In Chapter 31, what one reason does Sarah remind Miles of to keep him from killing Otis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sims Addison claim in Chapter 17 that he never wants to return to jail?

2. Why does the unnamed narrator begin to spy on Jonah and Miles? What does he hope to see?

3. In Chapter 27, why does Miles lash out at Sarah?

4. How does Sarah react to the revelation that Brian killed Missy Ryan?

5. What threats against Miles does the district attorney and the Timson family attorney make to Charlie?

6. In Chapter 20, where does Charlie decide to go in order to try to help Miles out of the mess he has created for himself?

7. How does Charlie react when he learns that Miles arrested Otis Timson?

8. What does the unnamed narrator say he was doing the night of Missy's death?

9. Why does Miles not arrest Brian when he sees him at Missy's grave?

10. Who calls Charlie with information about Miles? What does Charlie do as a result of these phone calls?

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