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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. How many songs did Maggie bring back with her from Australia?

2. Who flashes Will when he carries the foal?

3. Who does Norma go to see at the Lake Club?

4. What is his last conscious thought of when he is beaten?

5. Where does Will claim to have gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is Norma Breen trying so hard to uncover and why?

2. What is the first inkling Maggie has that Will could be violent with her?

3. How does Maggie feel when she is taken in front of the judge to deliver her plea?

4. What mistake does Suzanne make when the shooting for Primrose is over?

5. What does Maggie learn in Tarrytown that rattles her?

6. How does Will handle his premiere of Primrose?

7. What effect does this information have on Maggie's conviction?

8. How does Will finally manage to conspire to meet Maggie again?

9. How does Will feel about the way his relationship with Maggie is progressing?

10. What does Peter say on the stand that he hopes will hang Maggie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maggie chooses two men who put her through the wringer. Is her attraction to violent men something that comes from habit? What makes a woman choose the same personality traits over and over again in a mate? It is said that women choose men that remind them of their fathers. Is that true? How are we programmed to choose a mate? What characteristics are we looking for and why are they the things that we are attracted to?

Essay Topic 2

How can a child's development play a large role in the adult he/she becomes? In Will's case, childhood trauma goes largely unaddressed and leaves an angry and confused child to find ways to cope on his own. He does so with anger and abuse. How might this all have been avoided, if at all? What kinds of treatment should Will have received right from the start? How common do you believe untreated childhood trauma is? How likely is this to be the precursor for a life of crime or abuse? How many people dropped the ball in Will's life and in what way might they have helped him?

Essay Topic 3

Greed is powerful motivation for extreme behavior. Which characters exhibit greed in this novel and how? What are the circumstances that make greed an issue and what is at stake? How does this greed manifest itself? What kinds of parallels do we see every day in real life where greed is directly responsible for extreme behavior? Give some examples of greed in high powered positions in life.

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