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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. What did someone write on the hood of Marcus's car?
2. What is the name of Marcus's agent?
3. Who wrote the words that were on the manuscript buried with Nola?
4. What had happened to Luther that caused his disfigurement?
5. What did Tamara Quinn do to try to help her anxiety?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shocking revelation did Chief Pratt confess to Gahalowood and Marcus when they questioned him at his house?
2. Why did Tamara Quinn tell her therapist that she is so mean to her daughter Jenny?
3. 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?
4. Why was Elijah Stern so permissive with Luther Caleb in his role as Luther's employer?
5. Why did Marcus tell his publisher he did not want to accept the help of ghostwriters for his book on Harry?
6. Where was Luther Caleb's body found and what did Gahalowood and Marcus think was strange about it?
7. Why did Ernie Pinkas, the part-time Somerset librarian, ask Marcus to put his name in the acknowledgement section of his book?
8. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?
9. What did Sylla Caleb, Luther's sister, tell Marcus and Gahalowood about when her family started to worry about Luther?
10. Why does Tamara Quinn abruptly tell Harry he has to pay his tab at Clark's in mid-summer 1975?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think the unusual choice to present the book's chapters in descending order represents? What is the significance of the total number of chapters?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Travis Dawn keeps Nola Kellergan's gold necklace for more than 30 years, even though it is a damning piece of evidence in her murder. Keeping in mind that Travis is the Somerset Police Chief in 2008, do you think this part of the plot was believable? Use specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Do you think Marcus's decision to publish The Seagulls of Somerset as Luther Caleb's work rights the enormous, earlier wrong that Harry committed against Luther in terms of giving appropriate credit and honoring a writer's work?
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