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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who escorted Missy Ryan's funeral hearse to the cemetery?
(a) Military vehicles.
(b) The fire department.
(c) Every sheriff and police officer in the county.
(d) Miles only.

2. What do the boys initially tell Miles they were hunting in the abandoned house?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Rats.
(c) Owls.
(d) Rabbits.

3. Where does the unnamed narrator say Missy worked shortly after her wedding to Miles?
(a) Wachovia Bank.
(b) New Bern Elementary school.
(c) New Bern Sheriff's office.
(d) Mercy Hospital.

4. What type of bushes does Miles plant in his garden to please Sarah?
(a) Roses.
(b) Bougainvillaea.
(c) Holly.
(d) Camelias.

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

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

7. In Chapter 7, what does Miles find himself wondering about Sarah?
(a) The kind of movies she liked to watch.
(b) What she looked like fresh from bed.
(c) The kind of men she was attracted to.
(d) What her morning routine was like.

8. In Chapter 2, what does Miles learn Otis Timson is claiming against him?
(a) Lying in the police report.
(b) False arrest.
(c) Police brutality.
(d) Harrassment.

9. Why does Miles say he does not like Sarah's ex-husband?
(a) He was cruel to her.
(b) She dislikes him.
(c) He has an MBA.
(d) He hurt her.

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

11. In Chapter 11, where do Sarah and Miles go for their date?
(a) Rhett's Barbecue.
(b) IHOP.
(c) Sam's Steak House.
(d) The Harvey Mansion.

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

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

14. What gift does Miles bring to Sarah on their first date?
(a) A dozen red roses.
(b) A box of candy.
(c) Six yellow roses.
(d) An expensive bottle of wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Miss Harkins say Harris Presser did not join the Confederate army during the Civil War?

2. How old was Jonah the day of his mother's funeral?

3. In Chapter 12, what habit does Sarah tell Miles she uses to dry her hair after a shower?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Sarah say makes her hate Michael so much?

5. What is the point of view of the prologue of this novel?

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