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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Boy Next Door: Then, Fall 1979 and Now, November 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Melanie meet Gus?
(a) Gus helps her unpack when she moves in next door.
(b) Melanie knocks on Gus's door for help.
(c) At the supermarket.
(d) Registering her daughter for school.

2. Who is married to Gus?
(a) Michael.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Jordan.
(d) James.

3. Who helps Melanie when she goes into labor?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Gus.
(c) Michael.
(d) James.

4. What is the name of the person that Gus finds outside her son's hospital room?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Anne-Marie.
(c) Selena.
(d) Barrie.

5. How long have the Hartes been friends with their neighbors?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Gus and Melanie have in common?

2. Who is married to Melanie?

3. How does Emily die?

4. Who is waiting for Melanie and Michael when they arrive home from the hospital in November 1997?

5. Who arrives to dinner first at the beginning of the story?

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