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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 Pierce want to do at the end of Part IV?
(a) Leave the villa.
(b) Marry Lara.
(c) Get a new job.
(d) Live in Italy.

2. How does Emily know Matt was cheating on her?
(a) She saw a bracelet he bought, but he never gave to her.
(b) He told her.
(c) She saw credit card charges that were suspicious.
(d) She heard him on the phone to his girlfriend.

3. In what year does Mari die?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2000.

4. In Chapter Eight, what does Emily call her work in progress?
(a) The Rosato.
(b) The Aeastas.
(c) The Villa.
(d) The Mari.

5. Who tells Mari that Johnnie is really Noel's drug dealer?
(a) Pierce.
(b) Lara.
(c) Elena.
(d) Giulia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eleven, who does Emily still think might have talked to Matt behind her back?

2. What is the relationship between Giulia and Elena?

3. Where did Emily and Chess go together in 2006?

4. How does Pierce react to the tragic news in Part IV?

5. Who takes care of the house while Mari and the others live there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mari and Lara treat the topic of Pierce's murder after the fact?

3. What does Mari do that is very out of character for her at the villa?

4. Why does Mari resent Pierce regarding Billy's death?

5. How does Noel treat Lara?

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

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

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

9. What does Mari realize about Lara's feelings for Billy for the first time in Part IV?

10. What does Lara want from Noel when she finds she is pregnant?

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