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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. What bothers Will the most?

2. How does Palmer describe Will?

3. Who does Barry finally realize Will was after?

4. Where does the specially trained guard come from for Maggie?

5. Where does Will claim to have gone?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event almost ruins Maggie's wedding to Will?

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

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

5. What is Will's demeanor when Palmer enters his room in Rio?

6. What is Will's emotional state after the premiere and once he has returned home?

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

8. What irritated Will the most about life?

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

10. What is Maggie's state of mind when she sees Will at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Celebrity status can sometimes be a get out of jail free card. In Will's case, what kinds of indiscretions did he get away with as a result of his status? How did he abuse his celebrity status where women were concerned? Why were women so eager to be so badly treated by him? How many real celebrities can you think of who have abused their status as celebrities in this manner? Would they have been the same person without the fame? Would they have had the same demeanor with women?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Stardom comes with a price as both Maggie and Will discover. What is the highest price of fame? What other issues come from being a star caliber personality, whether it is through athletics or performing arts? How can someone in either of these categories minimize the effects their stardom will have on relationships, privacy, living conditions, etc?

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