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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. Who does Patrick name his hotel after?

2. What team signs Will to play football at the age of fifteen?

3. Who does Patrick make Maggie promise she won't let Jennie marry?

4. What rank was Phillip Bradford?

5. How many sessions does it take for Maggie to talk herself out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maggie finally get an interview with singer/producer Barry Kahn?

2. What two events in the park change Will?

3. How long, and in what capacity, does Maggie work for Barry?

4. Why is Maggie writing all of this from a prison cell?

5. How does Will behave when he meets the manager of the Hammersmith Rangers, Allan Thomas?

6. How does the press describe Will Shepherd?

7. What does Vannie do that is inappropriate and fosters Will's sexual indifference to women?

8. Why does Maggie make the decision to shoot Phillip?

9. How does Barry respond to the songs that Maggie sings in her audition for him?

10. What causes Maggie to behave in a manner that is totally out of character for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palmer was in a position to intervene on his brother's behalf on more than one occasion. Why is it that he didn't, according to the novel? If he had, what changes would have occurred? Which lives would have been affected had Palmer chosen to turn Will in when he found him in the hotel in Rio, for example? How might this have impacted Will's life and Palmer as well?

Essay Topic 2

Maggie is able to afford the lawyer or legal team of her choice. How might her legal situation been different if she did not have the wealth that she did? How is our legal system skewed to favor those with money and status, and why? What would the chances for someone who was indigent and in the same situation as Maggie? Is it possible to change this disparity in the legal system? If so, how, and if not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Evil is evident in this novel on several layers. What evil is openly displayed and by which character or characters? What are some examples of more subtle evil? Which characters displayed these qualities? How does evil come into being? Are we born with it, or are the circumstances of our lives what make us become evil? What kinds of circumstances might make a person evil who did not start out that way?

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