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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 was Gahalowood's theory right after Chief Pratt's death about who had killed Nola?
(a) He thought Elijah Stern had killed her.
(b) He thought Luther Caleb had killed her.
(c) He thought Chief Pratt had killed her.
(d) He thought Harry had killed her.

2. Who did Jenny Quinn eventually marry?
(a) Marcus Goldman.
(b) Chief Pratt.
(c) Harry Quebert.
(d) Travis Dawn.

3. What did someone write on the hood of Marcus's car?
(a) Go home.
(b) This is your last warning.
(c) We hate you.
(d) Burn, Goldman, burn.

4. What deal did Nola make with Elijah Stern so Harry could stay in the house at Goose Cove?
(a) She agreed to pose nude for Luther so he could paint her.
(b) She agreed to work as a prostitute for him.
(c) She agreed to sing for him whenever he wanted.
(d) She agreed to model clothes for his fashion line.

5. What did David Kellergan do when he discovered Nola was missing the week she spent with Harry at Martha's Vineyard?
(a) He called the police.
(b) He gave himself 7 days to find her before calling the police.
(c) He told his best friend.
(d) He told his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Stern keep the painting of Nola all those years after she disappeared?

2. What did Marcus tell Gahalowood about why he was so intent on helping Harry?

3. What color was the dress Nola was wearing when she was killed?

4. Who came chasing after Harry in his car immediately after he returned to Somerset from Martha's Vineyard?

5. How did Harry react when Marcus told him he thought Nola had had a relationship with Elijah Stern during 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Harry react when Marcus told him about finding the painting of Nola in Elijah Stern's house?

2. Why did Gahalowood invite Marcus to dinner at his house?

3. What did Harry tell Marcus about working on an idea for writing in terms of time frames?

4. Why did Tamara Quinn tell her therapist that she is so mean to her daughter Jenny?

5. When David Kellergan discovered Nola was missing, how did he handle her disappearance?

6. What did Harry tell Marcus about the importance of failure?

7. Why did Jenny file a complaint against Luther in 1975?

8. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?

9. Why did Ernie Pinkas, the part-time Somerset librarian, ask Marcus to put his name in the acknowledgement section of his book?

10. Why was the handwriting analysis of the writing on The Origin of Evil transcript that was buried with Nola so important and whose handwriting was it?

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