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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Exposition.

2. Ronnie was something of a child prodigy at what when she was younger?
(a) Violin.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Cello.
(d) Piano.

3. In the Prologue, Ronnie thinks of when it all began and shows her mother a news article about what?
(a) A lost child.
(b) A murder.
(c) A church fire.
(d) A bank robbery.

4. In Chapter 1, Ronnie has not spoken to her father in how long?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What is Ronnie's last name in the novel?
(a) James.
(b) Miller.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ronnie's younger brother?

2. What is Steve making for the church that was damaged in a fire the previous spring in the novel?

3. Who does Ronnie meet that seems somewhat frightening in his intensity and his sudden interest in her in Chapter 3?

4. What kind of shirt does Ronnie buy to cover her stained one in Chapter 3?

5. What is the main character of a literary narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve?

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