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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 – 92.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Megan's brother that she describes on September 20, 2012?
(a) Ben.
(b) Jason.
(c) Peter.
(d) John.

2. Rachel says early in the novel, "Life is not a paragraph and death is no" what?
(a) "Parenthesis."
(b) "Sentence."
(c) "Question mark."
(d) "Apostrophe."

3. What is the number of Rachel's favorite trackside house?
(a) Number 19.
(b) Number 15.
(c) Number 12.
(d) Number 23.

4. About how many people does Rachel estimate die on the train tracks per year?
(a) 50-100.
(b) 200-300.
(c) 300-400.
(d) 100-200.

5. What does Rachel drink a small bottle of on the train in the evening on July 8, 2013?
(a) Merlot.
(b) Cabernet Sauvignon.
(c) Chardonnay.
(d) Chenin Blanc.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Abdic say he is from when Megan asks him on September 20, 2012?

2. Megan says on August 16, 2012, "I had a teacher at school who told me once that I was a mistress of" what?

3. What does the narrator describe the grave being marked with in the prologue to the novel?

4. What is the name of Cathy's boyfriend?

5. What is the name of the pub on Kingly Road that Megan passes on her walk on September 25, 2012?

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