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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 terrible news did Roy Barnaski tell Marcus after he had begun writing his book about Harry?
2. What is the name of Marcus's agent?
3. What did Marcus tell Gahalowood about why he was so intent on helping Harry?
4. Why did the person who burned the note Tamara had stolen from Harry and put in her safe do what he did?
5. What did Travis Dawn do to Luther when he found him driving around Somerset in 1975?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Nola tell Harry her mother did to her to punish her?
2. Why does Luther Caleb chase Harry in his car immediately after Harry returns to Somerset from Martha's Vineyard?
3. Why did Marcus tell his publisher he did not want to accept the help of ghostwriters for his book on Harry?
4. What prevented Gahalowood and Marcus from asking former Police Chief Pratt why he did not include the information about Luther Caleb's death in his report on Nola's murder?
5. Why did Gahalowood invite Marcus to dinner at his house?
6. What did Harry tell Marcus about working on an idea for writing in terms of time frames?
7. Why did Harry tell Marcus they could no longer be friends after he got out of jail and his house burned down?
8. When David Kellergan discovered Nola was missing, how did he handle her disappearance?
9. What did Harry initially mean to do immediately after returning from Martha's Vineyard with Nola?
10. Why did Tamara Quinn tell her therapist that she is so mean to her daughter Jenny?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think Marcus's decision to publish The Seagulls of Somerset as Luther Caleb's work rights the enormous, earlier wrong that Harry committed against Luther in terms of giving appropriate credit and honoring a writer's work?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Travis Dawn keeps Nola Kellergan's gold necklace for more than 30 years, even though it is a damning piece of evidence in her murder. Keeping in mind that Travis is the Somerset Police Chief in 2008, do you think this part of the plot was believable? Use specific references to the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Harry title the manuscript The Origin of Evil, even though it is ostensibly a love story?
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