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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. How did Harry feel about Nola?
(a) He loved her.
(b) He liked her, but not very much.
(c) He thought she was a silly young girl.
(d) He could not wait to leave Somerset so he would not have to see her any more.

2. Why did Nola try to kill herself?
(a) She thought her father hated her.
(b) She thought she was insane.
(c) She thought Harry did not love her and that he might be in love with Jenny Quinn.
(d) She thought her mother hated her.

3. What was the name of the manuscript that made Harry famous?
(a) The Seagulls of Somerset.
(b) The Origin of Evil.
(c) Love on the Beach.
(d) Evil is my Origin.

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

5. What changed Robert Quinn's impression of Harry Quebert?
(a) The two men had a relaxed conversation about cars.
(b) The two men discovered the both loved tacos.
(c) The two men went bowling together.
(d) The two men bonded over their love of literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marcus's mother call him as a nickname?

2. Why did Harry not show up at the Quinn's garden party?

3. What did Marcus use to record his and Harry's conversations in jail?

4. What activity did David Kellergan do that constantly annoyed his neighbors?

5. What did the first threatening note Marcus received say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. When Marcus visited Harry in Somerset in 2008, what stunning note did he find in Harry's house?

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

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

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

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

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

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