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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 does Noel tell Mari about Johnnie that Johnnie overhears?

2. What is the name of Chess's current book?

3. What does Matt want to do for his and Emily's divorce?

4. What is the relationship between Giulia and Elena?

5. In Chapter Eight, what does Chess admit to that Emily is mad about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Emily feel sick for so long?

3. What happens when Emily calls Matt?

4. Where does Emily find some pages Mari wrote and hid in the house?

5. What does Mari do that is very out of character for her at the villa?

6. What does Lara tell Mari in Part IV that is a huge life-changing bit of news?

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

8. How did Emily know Matt was having an affair?

9. What does Chess want to work with Emily on?

10. How do Mari and Lara treat the topic of Pierce's murder after the fact?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hawkins set the tone for Emily's and Chess's relationship early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hawkins describe the role that social media and image plays in Chess's success, through Emily's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Hawkins suggest it is more difficult for Mari to pursue her creative work than it seems to be for Pierce to do the same with his? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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