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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. How old was Will when he played his first football game?

2. Who is the British actress in bed with Will in Rio the day before the World Cup game?

3. Who does Will remind Maggie of?

4. How did the coach describe him?

5. Who is Maggie Bradford?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vannie do that is inappropriate and fosters Will's sexual indifference to women?

2. What are the issues that bring Phillip to the edge of insanity and make him want to kill his family?

3. Who does Maggie talk to as part of her upcoming murder trial and for what purpose?

4. How does the press describe Will Shepherd?

5. Why has Maggie decided to write her story?

6. What are the things that help Maggie to finally relax around Patrick?

7. How do Patrick O'Malley and Maggie Bradford meet?

8. How does Will handle his first meeting with Maggie?

9. What happens when Maggie performs for the first time herself?

10. Why is Maggie hiding under the porch with her three-year-old?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maggie is able to afford the lawyer or legal team of her choice. How might her legal situation been different if she did not have the wealth that she did? How is our legal system skewed to favor those with money and status, and why? What would the chances for someone who was indigent and in the same situation as Maggie? Is it possible to change this disparity in the legal system? If so, how, and if not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

The effect media has on any given situation is well documented. What effect did the media have in this novel? What characters were changed by things that were written about them and why? In real life comparisons, how are people in the media affected by the things that are written about them? What famous examples of the media's abuse of power and the written word come to mind when the term 'Papparazzi' is used?

Essay Topic 3

Stardom comes with a price as both Maggie and Will discover. What is the highest price of fame? What other issues come from being a star caliber personality, whether it is through athletics or performing arts? How can someone in either of these categories minimize the effects their stardom will have on relationships, privacy, living conditions, etc?

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