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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 did Tamara Quinn do to try to help her anxiety?

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

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

5. What terrible news did Roy Barnaski tell Marcus after he had begun writing his book about Harry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why was Tamara Quinn so upset that the note she stole from Harry's house that declares his love for Nola was stolen from her safe?

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

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

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

9. Where was Luther Caleb's body found and what did Gahalowood and Marcus think was strange about it?

10. What did Sylla Caleb, Luther's sister, tell Marcus and Gahalowood about when her family started to worry about Luther?

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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