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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. Who does Will go to see after he leaves Maggie?

2. Where is the hospital that Will stays in for six weeks?

3. Who designed Maggie's wedding dress?

4. What is Maggie afraid he will do?

5. Why does Peter claim Maggie killed Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Palmer offer to do and why?

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

3. What is Will's demeanor when Palmer enters his room in Rio?

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

5. What effect does this information have on Maggie's conviction?

6. What irritated Will the most about life?

7. How does Will feel about the way his relationship with Maggie is progressing?

8. What is the first inkling Maggie has that Will could be violent with her?

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

10. What mistake does Suzanne make when the shooting for Primrose is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palmer was in a position to intervene on his brother's behalf on more than one occasion. Why is it that he didn't, according to the novel? If he had, what changes would have occurred? Which lives would have been affected had Palmer chosen to turn Will in when he found him in the hotel in Rio, for example? How might this have impacted Will's life and Palmer as well?

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

Both Will and Philip exhibit dual personalities. One personality is acceptable in public and the other is not. How common is this kind of behavior? Does this duality indicate an awareness of impropriety and culpability of guilt? Why or why not? How can victims of this kind of personality disorder expose the person involved and affect change? Could Maggie have done anything else in either case, and if so, what? If not, why not?

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