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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 character does Chess model after Emily?

2. What does Matt say he will do if Emily is working on a new book?

3. Who does Chess say Emily should call in Chapter Nine?

4. What happens between Pierce and Johnnie in Part IV?

5. Who does Mari think is playing guitar when it is really Lara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mari realize about Lara's feelings for Billy for the first time in Part IV?

2. What was one of Matt's and Emily's biggest fights over?

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

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

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

6. Why does Johnnie seem upset in Part III to Mari?

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

8. What book does Emily start working on in Part III?

9. What is the legend about Saint Patrick's Purgatory?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lara's experience with her own pregnancy affect her relationship over the long term with Mari? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some early parallels Hawkins draws between Emily and Mari? Why does Emily begin to feel such a kinship with Mari? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How and when does Emily begin to more fully understand the extent of the problems in her marriage with Matt? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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