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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. Who does Emily ask Chess if she has spoken to lately in Chapter Ten?

2. What is the last thing Emily says to Matt during their phone conversation in Part IV?

3. What does Matt want to do for his and Emily's divorce?

4. What is the legend about St. Patrick's Purgatory?

5. Who does Mari think is playing guitar when it is really Lara?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Mari's father William treat Lara, his stepdaughter?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Noel treat Lara?

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

10. What does Chess want to work with Emily on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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