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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. How did Emily and Matt first meet?
(a) Matt worked at Emily's dad's accounting firm.
(b) They were neighbors.
(c) They were in college together.
(d) Through friends.

2. What was the villa called before it was called Villa Aestas?
(a) Villa Filla.
(b) Villa Lima.
(c) Villa Giulia.
(d) Villa Rosato.

3. What does Chess listen to as she warms the food through in Chapter Four?
(a) The BeeGees.
(b) Alanis Morisette.
(c) Tina Turner.
(d) Avril Lavigne.

4. How does Mari's mother die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Childbirth.
(d) Murder.

5. What does Pierce do?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Musician.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Emily's husband?

2. What year do Mari and her family go to Orviett?

3. What does Mari discover about Noel in Part II?

4. What is Pierce's last name?

5. Where was Mari born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Emily struggling with at work in Part I?

2. How do Emily and Chess know each other?

3. What is the history of Villa Aestes?

4. In Chapter Six, why does Emily begin to feel more coldly towards Chess?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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