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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which friend did Nola often use for cover when she met up with Harry?
(a) Stephanie Kieffer.
(b) Amy Pratt.
(c) Jennifer Wright.
(d) Nancy Hattaway.

2. Who was Tamara Quinn's daughter?
(a) Nola.
(b) Amy.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Nancy.

3. What did Harry tell Marcus is the single most important thing he could teach him?
(a) You have to be disciplined to be a writer.
(b) Take plenty of walks on the beach.
(c) The importance of knowing how to fall.
(d) Choose your words very carefully.

4. Who was the Somerset police chief in 2008?
(a) Gareth Pratt.
(b) Perry Gahalowood.
(c) Nola Kellergan.
(d) Travis Dawn.

5. Who gave Nola the leather bag that was buried with her?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tamara find in Harry's house that she planned to use against him to ruin his reputation?

2. Who was the woman who was fatally shot on the same night Nola Kellergan disappeared?

3. What type of writing did Harry tell Marcus to exclusively write?

4. How did Travis Dawn feel about Jenny?

5. What did Ernie tell Harry he had discovered about his past?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Harry Quebert tell Marcus about the first chapter of a book?

2. How did Tamara Quinn attempt to figure out if Harry was Jewish?

3. How were Nola Kellergan's remains found?

4. Marcus asked Harry how he will know he is a writer. What did Harry tell him?

5. Why did David Kellergan tell Marcus he always listens to music in his garage so loudly?

6. What is one main reason that Jenny Quinn thought Harry might be in love with her in 1975?

7. When Marcus visited Harry in Somerset in 2008, what stunning note did he find in Harry's house?

8. What crucial piece of information did Nola's friend Nancy Hattaway tell Marcus that resulted in a critical misunderstanding later in the book?

9. What did Travis Dawn habitually do before he would speak to Jenny?

10. How did the townspeople of Somerset react when they find out that Harry had an affair with 15-year-old Nola?

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