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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 Johnnie do while Noel and Mari are in the well in Orvieto?

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

3. What does Pierce say he was thinking when he had the dream about Mari?

4. What is the name of the house in Lilith Rising?

5. After Chapter Eight, what does Chess write to her agent about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

6. How does Noel treat Lara?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and when does Emily begin to more fully understand the extent of the problems in her marriage with Matt? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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