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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 was the last party Maggie remembered attending?

2. What won't Jennie let the prosecutor do?

3. How does Palmer describe Will?

4. Who flashes Will when he carries the foal?

5. Who is Millie Steele?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What irritated Will the most about life?

4. What does Norma discover about Will and the night that he died?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Will handle his premiere of Primrose?

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

What is justifiable homicide? In which cases should prosecution be avoided entirely? Maggie is put on trial when it is believed that her third husband dies at her hand. How likely is it that victims of abuse end up in abuse relationships again? What are the relationship dynamics that would draw a person back into this kind of situation again? How common is it for victims of abuse to seek out abusive partners unconsciously again? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The effect media has on any given situation is well documented. What effect did the media have in this novel? What characters were changed by things that were written about them and why? In real life comparisons, how are people in the media affected by the things that are written about them? What famous examples of the media's abuse of power and the written word come to mind when the term 'Papparazzi' is used?

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