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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. Where did Harry and Ernie Pinkas meet for a break in July of 1975?
(a) The beach in Somerset.
(b) A resort in Maine.
(c) A hotel in Concord.
(d) The small lake in Montburry.

2. What did Harry tell his lawyer he began receiving shortly after Nola's disappearance?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Messages from the grave.
(c) Seagull feathers.
(d) Anonymous, threatening letters.

3. What piece of information did Tamara Quinn give to Marcus about the house at Goose Cove that surprised him?
(a) That is was condemned.
(b) That Elijah Stern owned the house before Harry.
(c) That it had been destroyed by a fire and then rebuilt.
(d) That is was haunted.

4. What was the main job that Luther Caleb did for Elijah Stern?
(a) He was Stern's chauffeur.
(b) He was Stern's interior decorator.
(c) He was Stern's accountant.
(d) He was Stern's lawyer.

5. What did Tamara find in Harry's house that she planned to use against him to ruin his reputation?
(a) A love note about Nola.
(b) A confession to a murder.
(c) Pornography.
(d) A very bad manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did David Kellergan do for a living?

2. What was the name of the small area where Harry's house is situated in Somerset?

3. Who did Nancy tell Marcus she had seen Nola with several times in the summer of 1975?

4. What event led to Harry being arrested in 2008?

5. Where was the prison where Harry was held in 2008?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Jenny's mother, Tamara Quinn, feel about the prospect of a relationship between Harry and Jenny?

3. What crucial piece of information did Nola's friend Nancy Hattaway tell Marcus that resulted in a critical misunderstanding later in the book?

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

5. Why did David Kellergan tell Marcus he always listens to music in his garage so loudly?

6. What did Marcus's publisher, Roy Barnaski, tell Marcus he wanted his book about Harry to include more of?

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

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

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

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

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