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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 react when Marcus told him he thought Nola had had a relationship with Elijah Stern during 1975?
(a) Harry got very upset.
(b) Harry punched Marcus in the face.
(c) Harry said he knew about it.
(d) Harry hurt himself.

2. What shocking piece of information did Chief Pratt admit when Marcus and Gahalowood questioned him in 2008?
(a) He had killed Nola.
(b) Nola had confessed she loved him in 1975,
(c) Nola had performed a sex act on him in his office in 1975.
(d) He had covered for Nola's murderer.

3. What happened to Chief Pratt after he confessed to what he had done with Nola in the summer of 1975?
(a) His wife divorced him.
(b) He was run out of town.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He killed himself.

4. What did Marcus tell Gahalowood about why he was so intent on helping Harry?
(a) He had passed Harry's writing off as his own and felt guilty.
(b) Harry was really his father.
(c) He was 28 years old and Harry was his only friend in the world.
(d) He owed Harry money and felt obligated to help because of his debt.

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 mother.
(d) He told his best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who painted the painting of Nola that Elijah Stern kept in his house?

2. Who wrote the words that were on the manuscript buried with Nola?

3. What did Robert Quinn discover about his wife Tamara that shocked him?

4. How did Marcus react when Benjamin Roth insulted Nola's memory?

5. What is the name of the actress that Marcus used to date?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why was Elijah Stern so permissive with Luther Caleb in his role as Luther's employer?

4. Why does Luther Caleb chase Harry in his car immediately after Harry returns to Somerset from Martha's Vineyard?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Marcus tell his publisher he did not want to accept the help of ghostwriters for his book on Harry?

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