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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 does Will tell Palmer at first when Palmer arrives at his Rio hotel room and sees all the blood?

2. What was on the wedding invitations?

3. What kind of help does Barry hire for Maggie's defense team?

4. What did the doctor show her before showing her Jennie's slipping grades?

5. What does Norma decide her best strategy is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irritated Will the most about life?

2. How long after Patrick's death does Nathan Bailford wait before going to see Maggie and why does he finally go?

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

4. What does Norma finally get the groundskeeper from the Lake Club to admit?

5. What does Maggie discover that relieves her, but also takes away a large part of her defense?

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

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

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

9. What does Palmer offer to do and why?

10. What two things does Maggie refuse to do to help herself and her defense team?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How damaging is verbal abuse? What are the long term effects of this kind of bullying? How is a victim of constant verbal abuse likely to develop from child to adult? As an adult victim of verbal abuse, what effect does this have on confidence, poise, and overall personality? Would you recognize a victim of verbal abuse? What can be done to help a victim or stop an abuser, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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