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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. What secret is Theo keeping from his wife in Part Two, Chapter Six?
(a) He is seeing another woman.
(b) He has begun having hallucinations.
(c) He has been fired from his job.
(d) He is smoking marijuana again.

2. Which friend does Kathy plan to meet in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Nora.
(b) Neda.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Natalie.

3. Who is the consultant psychotherapist at the Grove?
(a) Indira Sharma.
(b) Christian West.
(c) Stephanie Clarke.
(d) Yuri.

4. What is the name of the neighbor who called the police on the night of the murder?
(a) Barbie Hellman.
(b) Barbara Hinkle.
(c) Bridget Horne.
(d) Bessie Henderson.

5. According to the narrator in Part One, Chapter One, what is the only mysterious aspect to the murder?
(a) The murder weapon.
(b) The time.
(c) The motive.
(d) The culprit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meeting does Theo attend immediately upon arriving at the Grove in Part One, Chapter Five?

2. What is the nickname given to the nurses' station at the Grove?

3. What does Alicia call her diary in the prologue to the novel?

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

5. In Part Two, Chapter Five, how long does Diomedes give Theo to make progress with Alicia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during Theo's session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Seven?

2. According to Elif in Part Two, Chapter Eleven, why did Alicia attack her shortly after arriving at the Grove?

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

4. How does the narrator describe Gabriel Berenson in Part One, Chapter One?

5. Who is Elif and how is the reader introduced to her in Part One, Chapter Five?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens during Theo's second session with Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Four?

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