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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Mari's father?

3. In what year was Mari born?

4. Where does Emily meet Chess for lunch in Part I?

5. What does Pierce want to do with Noel in Italy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mari estranged from her father William?

2. How do Emily and Chess know each other?

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

4. How does Mari come to be in Orvieto?

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

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

7. What is the history of Villa Aestes?

8. Why do Emily and Matt break up?

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

10. What is Mari's and Lara's relationship like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hawkins handle the topics of infidelity and monogamy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Lara's experience with her own pregnancy affect her relationship over the long term with Mari? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What parallels and connections does Hawkins draw between Mari's and Lara's relationship and rivalry and the same characteristics and dynamics of Emily's and Chess's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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