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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 Noel tell Mari about Johnnie that Johnnie overhears?
(a) He takes too many drugs.
(b) He is a good musician.
(c) He is a bad musician.
(d) He is amazing at croquet.

2. What does Mari convince Pierce to do in the end of Part IV?
(a) Live in Italy.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Stay at the villa.
(d) Get a new job.

3. How does Pierce react to the tragic news in Part IV?
(a) He does not seem too bothered by it.
(b) He tells Mari he has to leave her.
(c) He is devastated.
(d) He tells Mari they should live in Italy permanently.

4. Who does Emily sometimes talk about her breakup with?
(a) Her mother and her friend Taylor.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Giulia.
(d) Her sister.

5. What is the legend about St. Patrick's Purgatory?
(a) There is a church that gives eternal life to visitors.
(b) There is a stream that cures people in France.
(c) There is a fountain of youth in Ireland.
(d) There is a site in Ireland that leads to the entrance of purgatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Chess says Emily has in common with Chess's mother Nanci?

2. What is Pierce's wife's name?

3. What does Mari finally realize about Lara's musicianship in Part IV?

4. What does Matt want to do for his and Emily's divorce?

5. What is the Pozzo di San Patrizio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Emily begin to suspect about Chess's work in Part III?

2. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

3. What does Noel tell Mari she should do after the news comes of Pierce's wife's suicide?

4. What was one of Matt's and Emily's biggest fights over?

5. What does Lara tell Mari in Part IV that is a huge life-changing bit of news?

6. How does Noel treat Lara?

7. Why does Johnnie seem upset in Part III to Mari?

8. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

9. What is the legend about Saint Patrick's Purgatory?

10. Why does Mari feel pressure to be a good writer?

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