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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Boy Next Door: Then, 1989 and Now, November 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Melanie pick out an outfit for Emily's funeral?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Gus.
(c) Michael.
(d) James.

2. Why does Melanie become upset when Michael presents clothes for Emily at the funeral home?
(a) The outfit is ripped.
(b) The outfit is dirty.
(c) Melanie wanted to choose the outfit herself.
(d) He chose an outfit that Emily would never have worn.

3. When does James decide to do something about the dog?
(a) When Christopher asks him to.
(b) When Gus asks him to.
(c) During breakfast.
(d) During a dinner party.

4. What kind of job does Gus have the night of the dinner in 1997?
(a) Restaurant quality survey.
(b) Waiting in line for concert tickets.
(c) Selling items.
(d) Managing the restaurant.

5. How do Chris and Emily communicate while they are grounded?
(a) Instant messages.
(b) Phone.
(c) E-mail.
(d) Morse code through flashlights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melanie do a few weeks after Emily's death?

2. Who arrives to dinner first at the beginning of the story?

3. What does Chris dare Emily to do in the flashback to 1989?

4. How does Melanie go to sleep the night of Emily's death?

5. What dream does Gus have after she returns home from her short separation from James?

(see the answer key)

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