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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Boy Next Door: Then, Fall 1979 and Now, November 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris tell the detective?
(a) A robber shot Emily.
(b) Emily tried to kill Chris.
(c) Chris killed Emily.
(d) Emily committed suicide.

2. What piece of information does Melanie latch onto?
(a) The theory that Emily killed herself.
(b) The theory that Chris and Emily were mugged.
(c) The theory that Chris and Emily were carjacked.
(d) The theory that Chris murdered Emily.

3. What is the name of the family that the Hartes are friends with?
(a) Delaney.
(b) Marrone.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Gold.

4. What is wrong with Chris?
(a) Head injury.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Broken arm.
(d) Nervous breakdown.

5. How does Melanie meet Gus?
(a) At the supermarket.
(b) Registering her daughter for school.
(c) Gus helps her unpack when she moves in next door.
(d) Melanie knocks on Gus's door for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James' hobby?

2. What do the couples in the beginning of the book talk about at dinner?

3. Whom does James find at the hospital?

4. Whom does Gus find outside her son's hospital room?

5. Why does Melanie become upset when Michael presents clothes for Emily at the funeral home?

(see the answer key)

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