The Pact Quizzes

The Pact Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of "The Pact"?
Jodi Picoult

Madeline Cohen

JK Rowling

Paula Hawkins
2 In what year does the main action of "The Pact" take place?
1997

2010

1980

2016
3 What is the title of Part I?
The Boy Next Door

My Friend Chris

Parenthood

Childhood
4 What do Gus, James, Melanie, and Michael often do together?
Go golfing

Eat Chinese food

Discuss politics

Watch Chris's swim meets
5 What is Gus's job?
Professional waiter

Ophthalmologist

Veterinarian

Librarian
6 What is James's job?
Ophthalmologist

Librarian

Veterinarian

Professional waiter
7 What is Michael's job?
Librarian

Ophthalmologist

Veterinarian

Professional waiter
8 What is Melanie's job?
Professional waiter

Ophthalmologist

Librarian

Veterinarian
9 At what is Emily very skilled?
Swimming

Ice dance

Visual art

Creative writing
10 Around what time are the two couples summoned to the hospital?
1am

8pm

7am

3am
11 Where is Gus Harte when she finds out the children are at the hospital?
Asleep at home

Kissing Michael Gold

Getting ready to leave for work

Waiting for Metallica tickets
12 What do the adults find out when they reach the hospital?
Chris and Emily were both pronounced dead on arrival

Emily is alive but wounded; Chris is dead

Chris and Emily are both alive but wounded

Chris is alive but wounded; Emily is dead
13 What do the adults assume happened to injure their children?
An explosion

A botched double suicide

A shooting in a bad part of town

An accident at the playground
14 What is the name of the town where Chris and Emily grew up?
Cumberland

Springfield

Charlottesville

Bainbridge
15 How close do the Hartes and Golds live?
Across the street

Next door

In the same school district

Three houses apart
16 In what year did the Golds move to Bainbridge?
1981

1997

1979

2010
17 What do Melanie and Michael incorrectly assume about Gus and James?
They love to read

They are a gay couple

They aren't married

They are going to have a female child
18 How do Gus and Melanie become friends?
They start a book club

Melanie checks out books from Gus to choose a baby name

They start a cooking club

Gus checks out books from Melanie to choose a baby name
19 Who is older, Chris or Emily?
They are born only minutes apart

Chris is a few months older

Emily is a few months older

Chris is a year older
20 When do Chris and Emily first meet?
When Emily is brought home from the hospital

When they start preschool together

When they start kindergarten together

At the hospital on the day Emily is born
21 What is the name of the detective in charge of Chris's case?
Leslie F. Puckett

Anne-Marie Marrone

Barrie Delaney

Jordan McAfee
22 What does Michael do that upsets Melanie at the funeral parlor?
Talks too much about the prices of different coffins

Purchases a coffin that is too expensive

Does not remember how old Emily is

Brings the wrong clothes to bury Emily
23 Which adult becomes fixated on the idea of Chris killing Emily?
Michael

Gus

Melanie

James
24 Who comes to Gus's car window with a gun?
James

Melanie

Nobody, it is a dream

Chris
25 What is the name of the Harte's second child?
Chris

Kate

Emily

Melanie

How did going off to college seem different?

What do you mean by "different"? Different from what?

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How far was George falling behind on his tuition?

George had fallen behind approximately six-thousand dollars on his tuition.

Unpaid tuition fees kept accruing each year, and I graduated from Seton Hall with an unpaid balance of more than $ 6,000. That would cause problems for me during my...

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What does George say about role models?

From the text:

Having grown up without a father for much of my life, I knew the importance of male role models. I had been fortunate to know good men, including my friends, who stood in the gap and taught me life lessons, large and small.

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