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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 red Corvette.
(b) a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
(c) A Maserati.
(d) A blue Mustang.

2. What does The Writer's Disease refer to?
(a) Writer's block.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Lethargy.

3. What gift did Nola give to Harry?
(a) A painting.
(b) A Christmas ornament that said "I Love You."
(c) A notebook.
(d) A souvenir tin to keep bread for the seagulls in.

4. What was the name of the Motel where Harry and Nola had planned to meet to run away together?
(a) The Somerset Motel.
(b) The Montburry Motel.
(c) The Sea Side Motel.
(d) The Beach Motel.

5. What object at table 17 at Clark's was meant to honor Harry?
(a) The plaque that states Harry wrote The Origin of Evil at that table.
(b) A golden salt shaker.
(c) A small sculpture of a pen.
(d) A small sculpture of a manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Travis Dawn feel about Jenny?

2. Who did Jenny say would be able to tell Marcus the most about Nola?

3. Who showed up at the Quinn's house the night of the garden party to take Jenny to dinner?

4. What nickname does Tamara Quinn call her husband?

5. What did Harry tell Marcus the first time Marcus asked him for his opinion on his writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were Nola Kellergan's remains found?

4. What did Travis Dawn habitually do before he would speak to Jenny?

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

6. How did Harry meet Nola?

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

8. After Marcus began receiving threatening notes, what happened that was a far more dangerous warning for him to stop his investigation?

9. Why did David Kellergan tell Marcus he always listens to music in his garage so loudly?

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

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