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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Boy Next Door: Then, Summer 1984 and Now, November 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where is Chris moved in November 1997?
(a) Rehabilitation ward.
(b) Another country.
(c) Psychiatric ward.
(d) Another city.

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

3. What else does the autopsy report show?
(a) Emily was pregnant.
(b) Emily was beaten.
(c) Emily had cancer.
(d) Cause of death is unknown.

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

5. What is the name of the Golds' child?
(a) Kate.
(b) Gus.
(c) Emily.
(d) Melanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Chris fulfill his end of the pact?

2. How does Michael explain James' actions concerning the family dog?

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

4. What reaction do Melanie and Michael have upon finding out about Emily's condition at the time of death?

5. Whom does James find at the hospital?

(see the answer key)

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