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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 showed up at the Quinn's house the night of the garden party to take Jenny to dinner?
(a) Travis Dawn.
(b) Harry Quebert.
(c) Gareth Pratt.
(d) Luther Caleb.

2. What is the name of Marcus's secretary?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Sylla.
(c) Denise.
(d) Allison.

3. What terrible even happened on July 13, 1975?
(a) Nola tried to kill herself.
(b) Harry tried to kill Nola.
(c) Travis beat someone very badly.
(d) Nola ran away from home.

4. What did Marcus's mother call him as a nickname?
(a) Markie.
(b) Marcus the Fantastic.
(c) Cutie.
(d) Marc the bark.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the second threatening note that Marcus received say?

3. Who was Harry's lawyer?

4. How old was Nola Kellergan when she disappeared?

5. What kind of car did Harry drive in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were Nola Kellergan's remains found?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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