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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. How did Marcus react when Benjamin Roth insulted Nola's memory?
2. Who did Marcus eventually suspect leaked the book excerpts?
3. What did Travis Dawn bring to give to Jenny when he visited her at Clark's soon after Nola's disappearance?
4. Who did Jenny Quinn eventually marry?
5. How many children did Gahalowood have?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Nola agree to pose nude for Luther?
2. Why did Jenny file a complaint against Luther in 1975?
3. Why did Tamara Quinn tell her therapist that she is so mean to her daughter Jenny?
4. 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?
5. What did Harry tell Marcus about the importance of failure?
6. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?
7. Why did Luther Caleb's father get so upset when he learned that the name of the girl who had disappeared was Nola Kellergan?
8. Why does Luther Caleb chase Harry in his car immediately after Harry returns to Somerset from Martha's Vineyard?
9. Where was Luther Caleb's body found and what did Gahalowood and Marcus think was strange about it?
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
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 2
What are the significant ways in which the character Marcus Goldman evolves over the course of the novel? Compare and contrast how Marcus describes himself and the decisions he makes in his high school days as "Marcus the Magnificent" and how he describes himself and the decisions he makes as he approaches age 30.
Essay Topic 3
Does Dicker make a convincing case through his description of Harry Quebert and Nola Kellergan's affair that true love is possible between two people of dramatically different ages?
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