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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. Who is Chess's agent?
(a) Ricki.
(b) Steven.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Richard.

2. What does Emily decide to write about in Part III?
(a) A bear.
(b) A new kind of mystery with a male protagonist.
(c) A tiger.
(d) The villa and Mari's and Lara's history there.

3. What is the legend about St. Patrick's Purgatory?
(a) There is a site in Ireland that leads to the entrance of purgatory.
(b) There is a church that gives eternal life to visitors.
(c) There is a stream that cures people in France.
(d) There is a fountain of youth in Ireland.

4. What does Lara tell Mari in Part IV that changes everything between them?
(a) Lara is diabetic.
(b) Lara is not really Mari's stepsister.
(c) Lara is pregnant.
(d) Lara is dying.

5. How old would Billy be in the summer of 1974 if he had lived?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Chapter Eight, what does Chess write to her agent about?

2. In what year does Mari die?

3. What does Pierce want to do at the end of Part IV?

4. What does Mari convince Pierce to do in the end of Part IV?

5. What does Mari think of Pierce's reaction to the tragic news in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mari suspect her father keeps his distance from her?

2. What does Mari convince Pierce to do that seals his fate?

3. How did Mari's father William treat Lara, his stepdaughter?

4. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

5. Why does Pierce want to leave the villa early?

6. Why does Mari resent Pierce regarding Billy's death?

7. How does Noel treat Lara?

8. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

9. What does Noel tell Mari she should do after the news comes of Pierce's wife's suicide?

10. What does Lara want from Noel when she finds she is pregnant?

(see the answer keys)

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