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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. Which children of the two couples are dating?
(a) Emily and Jordan.
(b) Emily and Christopher.
(c) Christopher and Selena.
(d) Kate and Christopher.

2. Who helps Melanie when she goes into labor?
(a) James.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Gus.
(d) Michael.

3. How does Melanie go to sleep the night of Emily's death?
(a) With the help of tea.
(b) With the help of a sedative.
(c) She doesn't go to sleep.
(d) With the help of alcohol.

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

5. Who is married to Melanie?
(a) James.
(b) Michael.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Christopher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month and year does the book open up in?

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

3. When do the phone calls start?

4. Who is waiting for Melanie and Michael when they arrive home from the hospital in November 1997?

5. What is the name of the person that Gus finds outside her son's hospital room?

(see the answer key)

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