The Pact Quizzes

The Pact Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of "The Pact"?
Paula Hawkins

JK Rowling

Jodi Picoult

Madeline Cohen
2 In what year does the main action of "The Pact" take place?
1980

2010

2016

1997
3 What is the title of Part I?
Childhood

The Boy Next Door

My Friend Chris

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

Discuss politics

Watch Chris's swim meets

Eat Chinese food
5 What is Gus's job?
Veterinarian

Librarian

Ophthalmologist

Professional waiter
6 What is James's job?
Veterinarian

Ophthalmologist

Librarian

Professional waiter
7 What is Michael's job?
Librarian

Ophthalmologist

Professional waiter

Veterinarian
8 What is Melanie's job?
Veterinarian

Ophthalmologist

Librarian

Professional waiter
9 At what is Emily very skilled?
Creative writing

Swimming

Visual art

Ice dance
10 Around what time are the two couples summoned to the hospital?
1am

8pm

3am

7am
11 Where is Gus Harte when she finds out the children are at the hospital?
Asleep at home

Kissing Michael Gold

Waiting for Metallica tickets

Getting ready to leave for work
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?
A shooting in a bad part of town

An explosion

An accident at the playground

A botched double suicide
14 What is the name of the town where Chris and Emily grew up?
Springfield

Charlottesville

Cumberland

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

Three houses apart

Next door

In the same school district
16 In what year did the Golds move to Bainbridge?
1979

1997

2010

1981
17 What do Melanie and Michael incorrectly assume about Gus and James?
They love to read

They are a gay couple

They are going to have a female child

They aren't married
18 How do Gus and Melanie become friends?
They start a cooking club

Melanie checks out books from Gus to choose a baby name

Gus checks out books from Melanie to choose a baby name

They start a book club
19 Who is older, Chris or Emily?
They are born only minutes apart

Emily is a few months older

Chris is a year older

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

At the hospital on the day Emily is born

When they start kindergarten together

When they start preschool together
21 What is the name of the detective in charge of Chris's case?
Barrie Delaney

Jordan McAfee

Anne-Marie Marrone

Leslie F. Puckett
22 What does Michael do that upsets Melanie at the funeral parlor?
Talks too much about the prices of different coffins

Does not remember how old Emily is

Purchases a coffin that is too expensive

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

Melanie

Gus

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

Nobody, it is a dream

James

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

Kate

Emily

Melanie

What crime is Chris accused of?

Chris is accused of killing Melanie.

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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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