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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. Where is Maggie's new lawyer, Jason Wade, from?

2. What acronym do Maggie and her children have for themselves?

3. Where is the movie filmed?

4. Where is the hospital that Will stays in for six weeks?

5. How did Jennie feel about Will?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first scene that Will is asked to play in Primrose?

5. What irritated Will the most about life?

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

7. What happens on the night that Maggie shoots Will Shepherd?

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

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

10. How does Will handle his premiere of Primrose?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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