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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 did Chief Pratt force Nola to do when he picked her up in his car in the summer of 1975?
(a) He forced her to tell him who she was having an affair with.
(b) He forced her to hit him.
(c) He forced her to perform the same sex act that she had done in his office weeks earlier.
(d) He forced her to sing for him.

2. What did Travis Dawn bring to give to Jenny when he visited her at Clark's soon after Nola's disappearance?
(a) Cake.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Hydrangeas.
(d) Wild roses.

3. Why did Stern keep the painting of Nola all those years after she disappeared?
(a) He never knew who to give the painting to.
(b) He loved the painting.
(c) He felt guilty and wanted to remind himself of his possible part in her disappearance.
(d) He had loved Nola.

4. What did Robert Quinn discover about his wife Tamara that shocked him?
(a) He discovered through her journal entries that she really did love him.
(b) He discovered she was having an affair.
(c) He discovered she had beaten their daughter.
(d) He discovered she was stealing from the restaurant.

5. What was the name of Luther's fiance?
(a) Nola.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Tamara.
(d) Eleanore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened to Luther that caused his disfigurement?

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

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

4. What happened to Chief Pratt after he confessed to what he had done with Nola in the summer of 1975?

5. What did David Kellergan do when he discovered Nola was missing the week she spent with Harry at Martha's Vineyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Nola agree to pose nude for Luther?

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

8. What did Nola tell Harry her mother did to her to punish her?

9. What did Sylla tell Marcus and Gahalowood about the effect Luther's beating had on him?

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

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