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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 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 killed himself.
(c) He was run out of town.
(d) He was arrested.

2. What had happened to Luther that caused his disfigurement?
(a) He had had the condition since birth.
(b) He had been in a terrible car accident.
(c) He had been randomly attacked by a group of young men.
(d) He was in the war and they were war wounds.

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

4. When did Harry get his dog?
(a) Three years after his book was published.
(b) When he moved back to New York City.
(c) Right after he met Nola, because she loved dogs.
(d) For Christmas 1975, after Nola disappeared.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Elijah Stern tell Gahalowood it was absurd to imply that he had had a sexual relationship with Nola?

2. Who wrote the anonymous threatening letters to Harry in the summer of 1975 after Nola's disappearance?

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

4. What happened to the house at Goose Cove in the midst of Marcus's investigation?

5. What did Gahalowood decide needed to be done in the investigation after interviewing Luther's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What prevented Gahalowood and Marcus from asking former Police Chief Pratt why he did not include the information about Luther Caleb's death in his report on Nola's murder?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Harry tell Marcus they could no longer be friends after he got out of jail and his house burned down?

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