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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. What has happened to Emily within the past year?

2. Who does Noel have living at the villa with him when Mari and the others arrive?

3. What are Mari's parents known for?

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

5. How does Mari's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mari estranged from her father William?

2. What does Mari think about Noel when she first meets him?

3. Why does Emily sometimes feel sheepish around Chess now that they are in young adulthood?

4. In Part II, what do Matt's first texts to Emily say?

5. What is the history of Villa Aestes?

6. How does Mari come to be in Orvieto?

7. How do Emily and Chess know each other?

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

9. What is Emily struggling with at work in Part I?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Hawkins waits until the very end of the novel to reveal that Johnnie is, in fact, the real murderer? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Emily want to keep her exciting new writing project at Villa Aestas to herself, and in particular to keep it a secret from Chess? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hawkins address class and financial differences between her main characters in each era? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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