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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 kind of car did Harry drive in 2008?
(a) a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
(b) A blue Mustang.
(c) A red Corvette.
(d) A Maserati.

2. Where did the Kellergans live before moving to Somerset?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What did the inscription on the manuscript that was found with Nola's remains say?
(a) You killed me, Nola.
(b) I will love you forever, Nola.
(c) It was not meant to be, Nola.
(d) Good-bye, darling Nola.

4. What type of writing did Harry tell Marcus to exclusively write?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Romance.

5. Who did Marcus think that Nola was also having an affair with during the summer of 1975?
(a) Elijah Stern.
(b) Robert Steele.
(c) Gareth Pratt.
(d) Travis Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Marcus's nickname in high school?

2. What did Marcus find in Stern's house that became a critical piece of evidence?

3. Why did Tamara Quinn want to ruin Harry's reputation?

4. What topic did Marcus's mother always bring up in conversation with him?

5. Who did Nancy tell Marcus she had seen Nola with several times in the summer of 1975?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Marcus decide to write a book about Harry and Nola's relationship and Nola's murder after insisting he would not?

3. What did Marcus's publisher, Roy Barnaski, tell Marcus he wanted his book about Harry to include more of?

4. What is the Writer's Disease Marcus Goldman describes at the book's start?

5. How did Jenny's mother, Tamara Quinn, feel about the prospect of a relationship between Harry and Jenny?

6. Why did Marcus think that Nola had been having an affair with Elijah Stern?

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

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

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

10. Marcus asked Harry how he will know he is a writer. What did Harry tell him?

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