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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 is the first line of Mari's new writing in Part I?
(a) Lilith was tired.
(b) Things happen.
(c) Houses remember.
(d) The dark rises.

2. When did Emily start realizing she might "hate" her best friend?
(a) Around the time she started going by "Chess."
(b) Around 1998.
(c) Around college.
(d) Around sixth grade.

3. When did Emily say she saw the movie of Lilith Rising?
(a) She never saw the movie.
(b) During a school sleepover she had been sure Chess was at.
(c) During college.
(d) In her thirties.

4. Who is Emily's mother?
(a) Henrietta.
(b) Janice.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Jessica.

5. What is Chess's real first name?
(a) Challian.
(b) Chania.
(c) Chester.
(d) Jessica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at the villa where Chess and Emily are staying?

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

3. What instrument does Lara play?

4. What is Chess's last name?

5. Who wrote a biography of Mari?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one heartbreak that Mari is dealing with in Part II?

2. What is the first line of what Mari thinks might be a promising beginning to her novel?

3. What is a major betrayal that Lara has perpetrated against Mari?

4. Who is Johnnie?

5. How does Mari come to be in Orvieto?

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

7. How do Emily and Chess know each other?

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

9. In Chapter 6, what does Emily find in the window above the window seat in the villa?

10. Who ends up developing a crush on Mari and how does she feel about it?

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