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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chess suggest doing together with Emily in Chapter Four?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Writing a book together.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Making an album.

2. What does Emily feel stung by in Chapter Five?
(a) Chess has more boyfriends than Emily.
(b) Chess has a better relationship with Emily's mother than Emily does.
(c) Chess does not bring up the idea of writing something together again.
(d) Chess insults Emily's writing.

3. Who cooks and cleans for Emily and Chess at the villa?
(a) Marco.
(b) Giulia.
(c) Branvi.
(d) Parco.

4. What do Chess and Emily drink after dinner their first night in Italy?
(a) Amaretto.
(b) Limoncello.
(c) More wine.
(d) Whiskey.

5. What has happened to Emily within the past year?
(a) She has gotten many awards.
(b) She has gotten a new pet.
(c) She has moved twice.
(d) She has been very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the house Chess and Emily stay at ?

2. What tragedy has Mari suffered in the past year in Part I?

3. Where does Emily meet Chess for lunch in Part I?

4. What kind of perfume does Chess wear?

5. What is Pierce's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mari estranged from her father William?

2. Who is Johnnie?

3. What does Mari think about Noel when she first meets him?

4. How does Mari come to be in Orvieto?

5. What book does Emily decide to read in Villa Aestes?

6. Why do Emily and Matt break up?

7. What does Emily think about the way Chess and Matt got along during her marriage to Matt?

8. What is one particularly stressful thing Matt has demanded as part of the divorce?

9. Where does Chess want to take Emily for the summer?

10. Who does Emily base her character Dex on?

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