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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pierce react to the tragic news in Part IV?
(a) He tells Mari they should live in Italy permanently.
(b) He tells Mari he has to leave her.
(c) He does not seem too bothered by it.
(d) He is devastated.

2. What dream does Pierce have in Part IV?
(a) His wife dies.
(b) His sister dies.
(c) His son dies.
(d) Mari is covered in blood.

3. In Chapter Eight, what does Chess admit to that Emily is mad about?
(a) Spending Emily's money without permission.
(b) Calling Matt in secret.
(c) Slipping drugs into Emily's drink.
(d) Reading Emily's writing in secret.

4. Who does Chess say Emily should call in Chapter Nine?
(a) Matt.
(b) Her other best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. Who takes care of the house while Mari and the others live there?
(a) Elena.
(b) Bama.
(c) Ben.
(d) Ricki.

6. In Chapter Eight, what does Emily call her work in progress?
(a) The Aeastas.
(b) The Mari.
(c) The Villa.
(d) The Rosato.

7. What does Lara tell Mari in Part IV that changes everything between them?
(a) Lara is diabetic.
(b) Lara is not really Mari's stepsister.
(c) Lara is dying.
(d) Lara is pregnant.

8. What does Noel say about Mari's mother that really surprises Mari?
(a) He has never heard of Mari's mother.
(b) He has read her stories.
(c) He does not like her journalism.
(d) He does not like her songs.

9. What does Noel tell Mari to do following the tragic news in Part IV?
(a) Move to Italy.
(b) Write more books.
(c) Cut herself free from Pierce and Lara.
(d) Write music.

10. What does Matt say he will do if Emily is working on a new book?
(a) Let her go without having to pay him for that.
(b) Go to Chess and complain.
(c) Sue her for part of her new work.
(d) Tell the press ahead of time.

11. In Chapter Eleven, what does Emily do that is a violation of Chess's privacy?
(a) Looks through Chess's checkbook.
(b) Reads Chess's draft of her new book.
(c) Looks through Chess's diary.
(d) Looks through Chess's purse.

12. What is Pierce's wife's name?
(a) Elena.
(b) Martha.
(c) Frances.
(d) Giulia.

13. What does Mari finally realize about Lara's musicianship in Part IV?
(a) She would be a good teacher given the chance.
(b) She is very good.
(c) She is never going to be a professional because she is only mediocre.
(d) She is very bad.

14. Who witnesses the fight in Part IV?
(a) Elena.
(b) Richie.
(c) Frances.
(d) Giulia.

15. What does Mari convince Pierce to do in the end of Part IV?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Get a new job.
(c) Live in Italy.
(d) Stay at the villa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emily find the last pages Mari may have written?

2. What does Pierce want to do at the end of Part IV?

3. Where did Emily and Chess go together in 2006?

4. What does Chess propose doing with Emily in Chapter Eight that Emily reacts harshly to?

5. Who does Emily ask Chess if she has spoken to lately in Chapter Ten?

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