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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 does Emily call Chess in her social media post in Chapter Five?

2. What does Johnnie want to do with Noel?

3. What is Pierce's last name?

4. Who has a crush on Mari in Part II?

5. What does Mari discover about Noel in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Emily think about the way Chess and Matt got along during her marriage to Matt?

3. What is the first line of what Mari thinks might be a promising beginning to her novel?

4. Who is Johnnie?

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

6. What book does Emily decide to read in Villa Aestes?

7. How do Emily and Chess know each other?

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

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

10. Who does Emily base her character Dex on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why is Mari restricted by the fact that she is a woman within the era and geographical area in which she lives? 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

How does Hawkins describe the role that social media and image plays in Chess's success, through Emily's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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