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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 the narrator say was his first reaction to hitting Missy?
2. Who repeatedly calls to speak to Charlie after Otis Timson is arrested?
3. Who is Earl Getlin?
4. Charlie learns in Chapter 24 that his deputy has not been able to locate ________ all day.
5. In Chapter 17, the author compare Sims Addison to what animal?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 16, what does the unnamed narrator say he did when he saw Missy up ahead of him on the road?
2. In Chapter 31, how does Miles react when Charlie comes to speak to him? What does Charlie want from Miles?
3. Who calls Charlie with information about Miles? What does Charlie do as a result of these phone calls?
4. Why does Miles not file a report on Sims Addison before his shift is over? How does Sims use this to his advantage?
5. What detail of Brian's story finally gets through to Miles and makes him realize that it was only an accident?
6. Why does Miles tell Sarah he took the gun out of the gardening shed? Why does Miles say he can no longer see Sarah?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What does Charlie imply he knows about Brian Andrews? How does Miles respond?
10. How does Miles react to Jonah's questions about his mother when he finds Miles watching home videos?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Miles Ryan? Why is he having trouble sleeping at the beginning of the novel? What is Miles thinking about? What has his life been like since the death of his wife? Why has the death of his wife touched his life so profoundly? Why does Miles worry about his son, Jonah? Why does Miles think he is not the type of man to be alone? What does this say about Miles' feelings for his wife, Missy? How do the opening chapters suggest that Miles has changed as a person since his wife's death? Are these changes good? Bad? How have they impacted Miles' life overall?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following in an essay:
1) Point of view.
2) Setting.
3) Language.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:
1) Sarah and Brian.
2) Miles and Missy.
3) Charlie and Miles.
4) Otis Timson and Miles.
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