2. What does Theo's wife do for a living?
(a) She is a writer.
(b) She is an actress.
(c) She is a model.
(d) She is a photographer.

3. What painting is Alicia working on in Part Two, Chapter One?
(a) A painting of her father.
(b) A painting of herself.
(c) A painting of a car accident.
(d) A painting of Jesus on the cross.

4. What is the name of Alicia's aunt?
(a) Lydia Rose.
(b) Lucy Rose.
(c) Lillian Rose.
(d) Linda Rose.

5. According to Diomedes in Part One, Chapter Six, what will Alicia teach Theo?
(a) A lesson in failure.
(b) A lesson in humility.
(c) A lesson in fortitude.
(d) A lesson in patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Alicia's father?

2. What is the name of Theo's wife?

3. According to Alicia in the prologue to the novel, who gave Alicia the diary?

4. Who is the clinical director at the Grove?

5. Who interrupts the meeting in Part One, Chapter Five to complain about a broken pool cue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What plan of inquiry does Theo outline in Part One, Chapter Eight?

3. What does the reader learn about Alicia's mother in Part Two, Chapter One?

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

5. What painting is Alicia working on in Part Two, Chapter One? What is interesting about it?

6. Who is Jean-Felix? What does he do while Alicia is on trial for murder?

7. What does Diomedes think about Theo's desire to treat Alicia in Part One, Chapter Six?

8. What doubts does Theo experience in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen? What revives his suspicions?

9. What paintings does Theo see when he visits the art gallery in Part Two, Chapter Twenty?

10. What does Theo do in Part Two, Chapter Six? What does he discover?

(see the answer keys)

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