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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 does not bring up the idea of writing something together again.
(b) Chess insults Emily's writing.
(c) Chess has a better relationship with Emily's mother than Emily does.
(d) Chess has more boyfriends than Emily.

2. Who wrote a biography of Mari?
(a) Ruth Ribley.
(b) Richard Bendry.
(c) Harold Singer.
(d) Caroline Leeman.

3. In what year was Mari's hit novel published?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1933.

4. What is Pierce's last name?
(a) Henton.
(b) Sheldon.
(c) Winston.
(d) Richard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Six, what is Emily having trouble with?

2. What is Lara's relationship with Noel?

3. What does Pierce do?

4. Who is Emily's mother?

5. How does Mari first feel when she, Lara and Pierce arrive in Orvietto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kinds of stories does Emily write?

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

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

6. Who is Johnnie?

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

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

9. Why do Emily and Matt break up?

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

(see the answer keys)

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