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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 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.

2. Who is Lara's stepsister?
(a) Mari.
(b) Bennie.
(c) Helli.
(d) Ricki.

3. Who is Emily's main character in her books?
(a) Petal.
(b) Halia.
(c) Ricki.
(d) Janice.

4. What town is the villa in?
(a) Emilia.
(b) Orvieto.
(c) Milan.
(d) Borhese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chess want to call the original book she and Emily were supposed to be working on?

2. What is Mari's hit novel called?

3. What is the name of the house in Lilith Rising?

4. What gesture does Johnnie do for Mari in Part II?

5. What does Emily think about Chess's wanting to do a new project together at the end of Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emily sometimes feel sheepish around Chess now that they are in young adulthood?

2. Who is Johnnie?

3. What kinds of stories does Emily write?

4. What is Noel's class background as Mari understands it?

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

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

7. Why is Mari estranged from her father William?

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

9. In Part II, what do Matt's first texts to Emily say?

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

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