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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the prison where Harry was held in 2008?

2. What did Harry tell Marcus was the only way to tell how much you love someone?

3. Who was the Somerset police chief in 2008?

4. What did David Kellergan do for a living?

5. Why did Nola try to kill herself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did David Kellergan tell Marcus he always listens to music in his garage so loudly?

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

5. Why did Marcus choose Burrows College over the more prestigious Harvard or Yale?

6. After Marcus began receiving threatening notes, what happened that was a far more dangerous warning for him to stop his investigation?

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

8. Why did Harry tell Marcus to write only fiction?

9. How did Harry meet Nola?

10. What event led directly to Nola's suicide attempt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters in this novel, as with many characters in suspense stories, are not what they appear to be. Choose the one character you think is the most deliberately duplicitous and write an essay explaining your choice.

Essay Topic 2

In what important ways are Marcus Goldman and Harry Quebert similar characters? In what important ways are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Harry and Marcus often boxed together. Write an essay analyzing what their boxing sessions symbolize about their relationship and explore why Dicker may have chosen that particular sport for them to participate in together.

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