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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harry tell Marcus is the single most important thing he could teach him?
(a) You have to be disciplined to be a writer.
(b) Take plenty of walks on the beach.
(c) The importance of knowing how to fall.
(d) Choose your words very carefully.

2. What was the name of the small area where Harry's house is situated in Somerset?
(a) Sandy Ways.
(b) Montburry.
(c) Goose Cove.
(d) Sandy Beach.

3. What type of weather event did Nola Kellergan enjoy?
(a) Wildfires.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

4. How did Tamara Quinn first treat Harry when he came to Somerset in 1975?
(a) With reverence and deference.
(b) With suspicion.
(c) With contempt.
(d) With fear.

5. What object at table 17 at Clark's was meant to honor Harry?
(a) The plaque that states Harry wrote The Origin of Evil at that table.
(b) A golden salt shaker.
(c) A small sculpture of a manuscript.
(d) A small sculpture of a pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harry and Ernie Pinkas meet for a break in July of 1975?

2. What raffle prize did Harry win at the Somerset gala in 1975?

3. What is the name of Marcus's secretary?

4. What did Tamara find in Harry's house that she planned to use against him to ruin his reputation?

5. What did Marcus use to record his and Harry's conversations in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Writer's Disease Marcus Goldman describes at the book's start?

2. How did Tamara Quinn attempt to figure out if Harry was Jewish?

3. What did Harry tell Marcus about the second chapter of a book?

4. Why did Marcus decide to write a book about Harry and Nola's relationship and Nola's murder after insisting he would not?

5. What did Harry tell Marcus is the only way to know if he really loved someone?

6. What is one main reason that Jenny Quinn thought Harry might be in love with her in 1975?

7. How did the townspeople of Somerset react when they find out that Harry had an affair with 15-year-old Nola?

8. Why did Marcus think that Nola had been having an affair with Elijah Stern?

9. How did Harry meet Nola?

10. What did Harry Quebert tell Marcus about the first chapter of a book?

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