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

2. What nickname does Tamara Quinn call her husband?
(a) Robby.
(b) Bob.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Bobbo.

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

4. Why did Jenny think Harry had feelings for her?
(a) Harry told her he loved her.
(b) Harry kissed her.
(c) Harry came to see her every Sunday at Clark's.
(d) She found a note in his house about Nola and mistakenly thought it was about her.

5. What happened to Harry's red Corvette?
(a) Someone smashed its windows.
(b) Someone set it on fire.
(c) Someone stole it.
(d) Someone slashed its tires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Marcus first meet Gahalowood?

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

3. What did Harry tell Marcus is the single most important thing he could teach him?

4. What did Harry tell his lawyer he began receiving shortly after Nola's disappearance?

5. What was the first event Nola asked Harry to attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tamara Quinn attempt to figure out if Harry was Jewish?

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

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

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

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

6. What is one main reason that Jenny Quinn thought Harry might be in love with her in 1975?

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

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

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

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

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