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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 dream does Pierce have in Part IV?

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

3. What does Lara tell Mari about Pierce that shocks Mari?

4. What is the Pozzo di San Patrizio?

5. What does Mari convince Pierce to do in the end of Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

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

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

4. What does Lara want from Noel when she finds she is pregnant?

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

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

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

8. What is the legend about Saint Patrick's Purgatory?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hawkins handle the topics of infidelity and monogamy? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hawkins handle the topic of jealousy, both in platonic and romantic contexts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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