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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 is his last conscious thought of when he is beaten?

2. Where did Maggie go to talk to a psychiatrist about Jennie's school performance of late?

3. What has Allie been told about Maggie?

4. What does Norma finally convince him to do?

5. What does he show her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irritated Will the most about life?

2. What is Maggie's state of mind when she sees Will at the hospital?

3. What is the first scene that Will is asked to play in Primrose?

4. How does Will finally manage to conspire to meet Maggie again?

5. What does Norma discover about Will and the night that he died?

6. In what ways does Will convince Maggie that he loves her?

7. What happens on the night that Maggie shoots Will Shepherd?

8. What does Peter say on the stand that he hopes will hang Maggie?

9. What does Maggie discover that relieves her, but also takes away a large part of her defense?

10. What does Norma finally get the groundskeeper from the Lake Club to admit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Phillip and Will both abuse drugs which seemingly leads to increased manic behavior. Is drug abuse the reason these two men became so unstable? Without drug use, would they have resorted to the violent behavior patterns that they exhibited? What affect do drugs have on the mind? Are some more dangerous than others? Does alcohol enhance or decrease the effects of drugs on a system? What is the scale of drugs beginning with the most violence inducing drug and working to the most harmless? Is there such a thing as a harmless drug? If so, what is it and why is it essentially harmless? Support your answers.

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