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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonah tell Miles he dreamed about?

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

3. Who performs a field neuro exam on Brian?

4. What does the narrator see Miles fail to do with Jonah while he is watching them after Missy's death?

5. Where does Miles go after leaving the sheriff's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What detail of Brian's story finally gets through to Miles and makes him realize that it was only an accident?

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

3. Why does Miles tell Sarah he took the gun out of the gardening shed? Why does Miles say he can no longer see Sarah?

4. 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?

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

6. How does Miles react when Sarah and Brian tell him the truth about the accident that killed Missy?

7. Why does Miles not tell Charlie the truth about his car accident and why he had Brian Andrews handcuffed in the back of his car? Why does Charlie not question him further?

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

9. What does Miles do during the arrest of Otis Timson that could come back to haunt him later?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Sarah Andrews? Why does the author immediately introduce her divorce and the cause for it? What impact might such a situation have on a future relationship for Sarah? Does this situation impact Sarah's ability to be a romantic partner, to be a mother? What does Sarah think of Jonah Ryan? Why is Sarah concerned about him? Is what happened to Jonah a common occurrence? Why does Sarah think the previous teachers did Jonah a disservice? Did they? What does Sarah's opinion of Jonah and his situation say about Sarah as a teacher? About Sarah as a person?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Missy's accident. Was it truly an accident? Did Brian do something wrong in the way he was driving? Was Missy at fault for her own death? Why did Missy jump into the road? How could Brian have avoided the accident? Why did Brian leave the scene of the accident? What might have happened had Brian called the police? What would have happened if Brian had called the police the next day? Why did Brian not tell anyone about his role in Missy's accident? Why did Miles later tell Brian not to tell anyone? Why did Miles let Brian go? Why does Brian tell the reader that Miles did what he did for Jonah's sake? How might it have impacted Jonah's life if Brian had been arrested for Missy's death?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay:

1) Love.

2) Family.

3) Grief.

4) Moving On.

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