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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 Harry tell Marcus was his long-term plan for running away with Nola?
2. What did someone write on the hood of Marcus's car?
3. What happened to Nola and Harry in Writer's Heaven?
4. When Marcus and Gahalowood saw a painting of Luther's fiance, who did they think she resembled?
5. Who did Marcus discover had written the message in lipstick on the mirror in the bathroom at the gala to startle Harry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Sylla tell Marcus and Gahalowood about the effect Luther's beating had on him?
2. Where was Luther Caleb's body found and what did Gahalowood and Marcus think was strange about it?
3. What did Nola tell Harry her mother did to her to punish her?
4. How did Harry react when Marcus told him about finding the painting of Nola in Elijah Stern's house?
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 shocking revelation did Chief Pratt confess to Gahalowood and Marcus when they questioned him at his house?
7. What did Harry tell Marcus about working on an idea for writing in terms of time frames?
8. Why did Nola agree to pose nude for Luther?
9. Why does Luther Caleb chase Harry in his car immediately after Harry returns to Somerset from Martha's Vineyard?
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
Harry loves the house at Goose Cove, which he eventually buys, at least in part because he thinks it will be a perfect setting in which to write. What does the ruin of the house through arson symbolize? Discuss the evolving meanings of the house at Goose Cove from when Harry first moves in in 1975 to when Marcus decides to restore it at the novel's end.
Essay Topic 2
Harry gives Marcus advice about women, and he also gives a somewhat controversial, provocative speech about a real-life sex scandal on Marcus's college campus. What is your assessment of Harry's general attitudes toward women? Cite specific examples from the text in your answer.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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