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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treat does Sarah provide in Chapter 7 during her first tutoring session with Jonah?

2. What does Sarah give to Jonah to make up for the lack of children to play with at Thanksgiving dinner?

3. In Chapter 2, why does Sarah say her parents moved to New Bern several years before she did?

4. In Chapter 14, how did Miles and Sarah spend Halloween?

5. In Chapter 1, what reason does Jonah give Miles for not telling him about the trouble he was having in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two boys hunting in an abandoned house when Miles catches them in chapter 7? What does he do?

2. In Chapter 9, Jonah is convinced Miles and Miss Andrews are going to get married because they are going on a date. How does Miles handle this situation?

3. In Chapter 13, what story does Miss Harkins tell Sarah and Miles?

4. Why does Miles think he is not the type of man who can be alone? What is it Miles misses most about being married?

5. Why has Sarah Andrews moved to New Bern? Why did she choose an apartment in downtown New Bern despite the difficult parking situation?

6. Why does Brenda insist on talking with Sarah about Miles? What does Brenda tell Sarah about Miles?

7. Why does Jonah object in Chapter 5 to having to stay after school with Miss Andrews several times a week? How does Miles talk him into cooperating?

8. In Chapter 2, for what reason does Sarah think that Jonah has become so far behind in his class work? What does she think of that?

9. In Chapter 13, how does Miles react when Sarah tells him she cannot have children?

10. How does Sarah react to the news that her ex-husband is planning to remarry? Why does she react this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Miles feel about dating Sarah? What does Miles tell Sarah about Missy? Is Miles comfortable dating again? Why does Miles take Sarah on the tour of haunted houses in downtown New Bern? What story does Miles specifically want Sarah to hear? In that story, why did Katheryn place candles in her window? What was the message these candles were supposed to give to Harris? What does Sarah take from this story? What did Miles want her to take from the story? How do the candles become a symbol to Sarah later in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:

1) Sarah and Brian.

2) Miles and Missy.

3) Charlie and Miles.

4) Otis Timson and Miles.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in an essay:

1) Point of view.

2) Setting.

3) Language.

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