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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. In Chapter Ten, what lie does Emily tell Chess?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She is finding her way back to religion.
(c) She is working on Petal Bloom again.
(d) She is going back to America soon.

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

3. What message does Emily send to her agent in Part III?
(a) She is done writing.
(b) She is going to try her hand at singing.
(c) She is going to move to Italy.
(d) She wants to write again, but not the Petal Bloom book she has been working on.

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

5. What is Giulia's connection to Villa Aestas?
(a) Her mother's ghost haunts it.
(b) Her family has worked for the villa for generations.
(c) She owns it.
(d) She had her wedding there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pierce's living son?

2. What is the Rolling Stone article about Lara titled?

3. Where are Mari's private diaries housed after her death?

4. What does X-ray technology reveal in Mari's diary that she tried to scratch out at some point?

5. How old would Billy be in the summer of 1974 if he had lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Emily think of Chess's social media posts?

3. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

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

10. Where does Emily find some pages Mari wrote and hid in the house?

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