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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 Cathy's boyfriend?
(a) Jason.
(b) Scott.
(c) Damien.
(d) Charles.

2. What does the narrator describe the grave being marked with in the prologue to the novel?
(a) A cairn.
(b) A vase of flowers.
(c) A marble statue.
(d) A wooden cross.

3. How long is the journey on the 8:04 slow train supposed to take?
(a) 39 minutes.
(b) 95 minutes.
(c) 54 minutes.
(d) 26 minutes.

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

5. For whom does Megan describe working as a nanny on August 14, 2012?
(a) Andrew and Mary.
(b) Tom and Anna.
(c) Tom and Rachel.
(d) Rachel and Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tom tell Rachel to go when he calls her on the evening of July 11, 2013?

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

3. About how many people does Rachel estimate die on the train tracks per year?

4. Rachel says early in the novel, "Life is not a paragraph and death is no" what?

5. How long ago did Rachel move in with Cathy, according to the narrative on July 9, 2013?

(see the answer key)

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