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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the unnamed narrator say this story is about in the prologue?
(a) Love and forgiveness.
(b) Murder and intrigue.
(c) Lies and deciet.
(d) Love and loneliness.

2. With whom does Sarah go shopping in Chapter 6?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her friend, Brenda.

3. Who had the biggest hand in restoring New Bern's historic buildings?
(a) The residents.
(b) The Daughter's of the Revolution.
(c) The Rockefeller Foundation.
(d) A private corporation.

4. What does the unnamed narrator say was the center of Missy and Miles' life?
(a) Their family.
(b) Their jobs.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their son.

5. What pose do the two boys inside the abandoned house take as they make there way out to Miles?
(a) Hands behind their backs.
(b) Hands up, elbows locked.
(c) Hands on their heads.
(d) Hands in their pockets, guns in the crook of their elbows.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Miles think is the difference between his attraction to Missy and his attraction to Sarah?

3. In Chapter 4, what does the unnamed narrator say people expected initially in the investigation of Missy's death?

4. What sport does Jonah Ryan play?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Miles realize he is tired of?

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