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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 do after getting off the phone with Matt?

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

3. What is the Pozzo di San Patrizio?

4. What do both Lara and Mari refuse to discuss after it happens?

5. What does Mari think of Pierce's reaction to the tragic news in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Emily know Matt was having an affair?

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

8. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

9. Why does Mari resent Pierce regarding Billy's death?

10. What book does Emily start working on in Part III?

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 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 3

What connections does Hawkins draw between creativity, brilliance, and volatility? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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