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

2. What message does Emily send to her agent in Part III?

3. Why does Mari hesitate to go into town with Noel and Johnnie and leave Pierce and Lara in the house after Chapter Eight?

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

5. What does Emily do after getting off the phone with Matt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

2. Why does Pierce want to leave the villa early?

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

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

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

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

7. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Mari realize that running away with Pierce was a terrible mistake, even if she will always love him in some sense? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does reading Mari's final pages detailing what really happened to Pierce at Villa Aestes seem to affect Emily's and Chess's decision to murder Matt? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hawkins set the tone for Emily's and Chess's relationship early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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