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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. Who regularly brought Harry food during the fall of 1975 after Nola disappeared?
2. Why did Elijah Stern tell Gahalowood it was absurd to imply that he had had a sexual relationship with Nola?
3. What did Marcus tell Gahalowood about why he was so intent on helping Harry?
4. What did Robert Quinn discover about his wife Tamara that shocked him?
5. What did the message written in lipstick on the mirror in the bathroom at the gala in 1975 say that shocked Harry?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why was Elijah Stern so permissive with Luther Caleb in his role as Luther's employer?
3. Why did Luther Caleb's father get so upset when he learned that the name of the girl who had disappeared was Nola Kellergan?
4. How did Harry react when Marcus told him about finding the painting of Nola in Elijah Stern's house?
5. Why did Tamara Quinn tell her therapist that she is so mean to her daughter Jenny?
6. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?
7. Why did Nola agree to pose nude for Luther?
8. Why did Jenny file a complaint against Luther in 1975?
9. 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?
10. Why did Marcus tell his publisher he did not want to accept the help of ghostwriters for his book on Harry?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While many characters are repulsed by Harry and Nola's love affair because of the dramatic age difference between them, other characters, including Marcus, come to view it as genuine. Do you think Dicker made a convincing case that there was real, deep love between Harry and Nola?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Tamara Quinn is so concerned about impressing her friends and associates in Somerset? Why does Tamara act so pretentiously? When forming your answer, take into consideration her journal entries and the brief scenes revealing her dialogue with her therapist.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Harry title the manuscript The Origin of Evil, even though it is ostensibly a love story?
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