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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 Chess use her pictures for that Emily takes in Italy?

2. In Chapter Eight, what does Emily call her work in progress?

3. Where did Emily and Chess go together in 2006?

4. What dream does Pierce have in Part IV?

5. What does Johnnie do while Noel and Mari are in the well in Orvieto?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

2. Why does Mari suspect her father keeps his distance from her?

3. What does Mari convince Pierce to do that seals his fate?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Mari do that is very out of character for her at the villa?

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

10. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Hawkins mixes up Emily's narration with excerpts from podcasts, other texts, and emails? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What parallels and connections does Hawkins draw between Mari's and Lara's relationship and rivalry and the same characteristics and dynamics of Emily's and Chess's relationship? 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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