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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 one question does Sarah ask Brian before taking him to tell Miles the truth?
(a) Are you ready to go to jail?
(b) Are you ready to die?
(c) Are you telling the truth?
(d) Was it an accident?

2. How does Sarah react to Brian's admission to having been the one to kill Missy?
(a) With happiness.
(b) With outrage.
(c) With shock and anger.
(d) With relief.

3. At what other places does the narrator admit to watching Miles and Jonah other than their home?
(a) The store and church.
(b) The store and the sheriff's office.
(c) Jonah's school and Missy's grave.
(d) Jonah's babysitter and church.

4. Where does Miles go after leaving the sheriff's office?
(a) Jonah's school.
(b) Brian's apartment.
(c) Timson compound.
(d) Sarah's apartment.

5. What does the narrator see Miles fail to do with Jonah while he is watching them after Missy's death?
(a) Comfort him.
(b) Care for his hygiene.
(c) Speak to him.
(d) Make him go to bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does the narrator say haunted him in the weeks after Missy's death?

2. How much does the unnamed narrator claim he paid for his car?

3. In Chapter 22, Charlie learns that Earl claims __________set him up for his current conviction.

4. In Chapter 34, whose fault was the accident between Miles and Wiggins?

5. What kind of car was the unnamed narrator driving the night of Missy's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 20, where does Miles go after Charlie sends him home? What does he notice there?

2. In Chapter 29, why does Brian suddenly feel it is important to tell Sarah to make Miles back off of Otis Timson? What does Brian reveal to the reader in this chapter?

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

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

5. In Chapter 26, what does Charlie do when Miles reports for work first thing in the morning?

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

7. In Chapter 16, what does the unnamed narrator say he did when he saw Missy up ahead of him on the road?

8. What story does Sims tell Miles that makes Miles rush out of the sheriff's office without first speaking to Charlie?

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

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

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