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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Part One, Chapter Three, what saved his life?
(a) Art.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Psychotherapy.

2. According to Alicia in the prologue to the novel, who gave Alicia the diary?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her gallerist.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her neighbor.

3. According to Theo in Part Two, Chapter Fifteen, the answers to the present could be found where?
(a) In Alicia's past.
(b) In Alicia's art.
(c) In Alicia's dreams.
(d) In Alicia's file.

4. According to Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, what is Theo doing by being with Kathy?
(a) Replaying his childhood.
(b) Torturing himself.
(c) Acting like a doormat.
(d) Being loyal and faithful.

5. According to Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine, what does Theo need to do?
(a) End his marriage.
(b) Find another job.
(c) Forget about the emails.
(d) Forgive Kathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Theo work prior to coming to the Grove?

2. How does Christian view Theo's plan to help Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Three?

3. The murder of Gabriel Berenson occurred how many years before the events described in the first chapter?

4. What is the name of the grandmotherly psychotherapist who helped the narrator?

5. What is the subject of the painting Alicia made while on trial for murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Diomedes warn Theo in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen? What does Theo do as a result?

2. What happens when Theo meets Paul and Lydia Rose in Part Two, Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen?

3. According to Alicia's diary in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen, what happened when Max came over for dinner?

4. What happened to Alicia following her trial for murder?

5. Describe Alcestis, both the myth and the painting, as described by the narrator in Part One, Chapter Two?

6. What request does Theo make of Diomedes in Part Two, Chapter Two? What is the result?

7. What does Theo resolve following his meeting with Ruth in Part Two, Chapter Nine? How does his mind change in the following chapter?

8. What does Theo learn from Max during their meeting in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

9. What information does Theo learn from Jean-Felix when he visits the gallery in Part Two, Chapters Nineteen and Twenty?

10. Who is Kathy? How did she and Theo meet?

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