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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Miles think is the difference between his attraction to Missy and his attraction to Sarah?
(a) With Missy, it was always changing, always new.
(b) With Missy, it was more intense.
(c) With Sarah, it is less immediate.
(d) With Sarah, it is new and unfamiliar.

2. How does the unnamed narrator say that Missy and Miles met?
(a) Introduced by their parents after college.
(b) At a high school party.
(c) Introduced by friends in high school.
(d) At a college frat party.

3. How old is Miles Ryan as the book begins?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twenty-nine.

4. At the end of Chapter 7, how much longer does Sarah tell Miles she will continue to tutor Jonah?
(a) A week.
(b) The rest of the year.
(c) Till the end of the semester.
(d) At least a month.

5. In Chapter 5, what item does Miles say someone placed over Missy's body in the moments after the accident?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A burlap sack.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how many witnesses does the unnamed narrator say there were to Missy's death?

2. What is Tryon Palace?

3. In Chapter 11, where do Sarah and Miles go for their date?

4. In what type of school did Sarah teach before coming to New Bern?

5. In Chapter 4, what is the unnamed narrator looking at on his desk as he writes this section of his story?

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