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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emily start to think Mari might have hid her diary in the house?
(a) The character in Mari's novel did the same thing.
(b) Lara insinuated it in an interview.
(c) She would have done the same thing.
(d) Noel wrote something about that in his album.

2. What does Noel call Mari?
(a) Mary Avid.
(b) Mistress Mary.
(c) Mary Berry.
(d) Mary Tarry.

3. Who does Emily ask Chess if she has spoken to lately in Chapter Ten?
(a) Matt.
(b) Nanci.
(c) Giulia.
(d) Elena.

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

5. What does Matt want to do for his and Emily's divorce?
(a) A dissolution.
(b) A mediation.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A reversal.

6. Where does Johnnie suggest visiting when people are bored?
(a) Venice.
(b) Naples.
(c) Old Orvieto.
(d) Milan.

7. What is the last thing Emily says to Matt during their phone conversation in Part IV?
(a) She is going to sue him.
(b) She is dating someone else now.
(c) She still loves him.
(d) The sooner she is not married to him, the better.

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

9. In Chapter Eleven, who does Emily still think might have talked to Matt behind her back?
(a) Chess.
(b) Her own mother.
(c) Rose.
(d) Taylor.

10. What does Emily decide to write about in Part III?
(a) The villa and Mari's and Lara's history there.
(b) A bear.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A new kind of mystery with a male protagonist.

11. What message does Emily send to her agent in Part III?
(a) She is done writing.
(b) She is going to try her hand at singing.
(c) She wants to write again, but not the Petal Bloom book she has been working on.
(d) She is going to move to Italy.

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

13. Who is Chess's agent?
(a) Steven.
(b) Richard.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Ricki.

14. How old would Billy be in the summer of 1974 if he had lived?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

15. What does Johnnie do to Mari in Part IV that surprises her?
(a) Sings to her.
(b) Kisses her.
(c) Trips her.
(d) Hits her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does X-ray technology reveal in Mari's diary that she tried to scratch out at some point?

2. What does Noel tell Mari about Johnnie that Johnnie overhears?

3. Who takes care of the house while Mari and the others live there?

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

5. What does Lara tell Mari about Pierce that shocks Mari?

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