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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. Why did Travis Dawn get so upset with Luther Caleb in the summer of 1975?
(a) Luther loved the same girl Travis loved.
(b) Luther was a suspect in an unsolved murder.
(c) Luther threatened several girls in Somerset.
(d) Luther accidentally grabbed Jenny and gave her a bruise.

2. What did Gahalowood decide needed to be done in the investigation after interviewing Luther's sister?
(a) He needed to get a handwriting analysis of Luther's handwriting.
(b) He needed to check a voice recording of Luther's.
(c) He needed to interview Luther's father.
(d) He needed to get a DNA sample from Luther.

3. What did Harry tell Marcus after he was released from jail about his and Marcus's relationship?
(a) He said Marcus and he should live together.
(b) He said he loved Marcus more than ever.
(c) He said he would only be friends with Marcus if they could write the book together.
(d) He said they could not be friends any longer.

4. What happened to the house at Goose Cove in the midst of Marcus's investigation?
(a) It got destroyed in a hurricane.
(b) It got destroyed in a tornado.
(c) Someone burned it down.
(d) Someone put it up for sale.

5. What had happened to Luther that caused his disfigurement?
(a) He was in the war and they were war wounds.
(b) He had had the condition since birth.
(c) He had been in a terrible car accident.
(d) He had been randomly attacked by a group of young men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jenny react when excerpts from Marcus's book about Harry leaked?

2. Who wrote the words that were on the manuscript buried with Nola?

3. How was Deborah Cooper killed?

4. What was Harry's dog's name?

5. How many children did Gahalowood have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ernie Pinkas, the part-time Somerset librarian, ask Marcus to put his name in the acknowledgement section of his book?

2. Why did Nola agree to pose nude for Luther?

3. Why did Marcus tell his publisher he did not want to accept the help of ghostwriters for his book on Harry?

4. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?

5. What shocking revelation did Chief Pratt confess to Gahalowood and Marcus when they questioned him at his house?

6. Why does Tamara Quinn abruptly tell Harry he has to pay his tab at Clark's in mid-summer 1975?

7. What did Sylla Caleb, Luther's sister, tell Marcus and Gahalowood about when her family started to worry about Luther?

8. How did Harry react when Marcus told him about finding the painting of Nola in Elijah Stern's house?

9. What did Nola tell Harry her mother did to her to punish her?

10. Why was the handwriting analysis of the writing on The Origin of Evil transcript that was buried with Nola so important and whose handwriting was it?

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