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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. Where did Marcus first meet Gahalowood?
(a) At the police station.
(b) In Harry's backyard.
(c) At a roadblock in Somerset.
(d) At college.

2. Who was the woman who was fatally shot on the same night Nola Kellergan disappeared?
(a) Jenny Dawn.
(b) Deborah Cooper.
(c) Amy Pratt.
(d) Nancy Hattaway.

3. How did Travis Dawn feel about Jenny?
(a) Travis had dated Jenny briefly but was over her.
(b) Travis liked Jenny, but not as much as another girl in town.
(c) Travis did not like Jenny.
(d) Travis was smitten with Jenny.

4. How did Nancy Hattaway react when Nola told her her mother hit her?
(a) Nancy told Nola to talk to her father about it.
(b) Nancy told Nola to leave town.
(c) Nancy told Nola that was crazy.
(d) Nancy told Nola to hit her mother back.

5. What did Harry tell Marcus the first time Marcus asked him for his opinion on his writing?
(a) That his work was sloppy and disappointing.
(b) That he would never be a successful writer.
(c) That his work was the work of a genius.
(d) That his work needed better plotlines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Writer's Disease refer to?

2. What nickname does Tamara Quinn call her husband?

3. What terrible even happened on July 13, 1975?

4. Where did the Kellergans live before moving to Somerset?

5. What did Jenny tell Marcus about his investigation when he first talked to her about it in 2008?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crucial piece of information did Nola's friend Nancy Hattaway tell Marcus that resulted in a critical misunderstanding later in the book?

2. What event led directly to Nola's suicide attempt?

3. What did Harry tell Marcus about the second chapter of a book?

4. Why did Marcus choose Burrows College over the more prestigious Harvard or Yale?

5. What did Harry Quebert tell Marcus about the first chapter of a book?

6. How did the townspeople of Somerset react when they find out that Harry had an affair with 15-year-old Nola?

7. When Marcus questioned Jenny as part of his investigation, what did Jenny tell Marcus about how Harry felt about him that shocked Marcus?

8. What topic does Marcus's mother always turn any conversation they have to?

9. How did Marcus achieve his successes in high school and college, in both sports and writing?

10. Why did Harry tell Marcus to write only fiction?

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