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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 takes care of the Hale boys following their parents' death?
(a) Fabrizio.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Helen Smythe.

2. What is one difference between Ella Hale and her husband?
(a) She goes to church, and he does not.
(b) He has had affairs, but she was faithful.
(c) She has a college degree, and he does not.
(d) He is much older than she is.

3. What do the Hale boys hit with a bat out of anger?
(a) The hope chest.
(b) Their family piano.
(c) Their mother's car.
(d) Their house's windows.

4. What does Catherine Clare do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Muralist.
(d) Doctor.

5. What birds did Mr. Hale raise from birth?
(a) Crows.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Falcons.
(d) Robins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do George and Catherine live when they are first married?

2. Who is the Hale boys' uncle's girlfriend?

3. What happens to Catherine Clare in Part I?

4. What do both George and Catherine study in college?

5. What does Cole's uncle buy him that touches Cole in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George's and Willis's relationship begin?

2. Why do the Hale boys return to the empty house from time to time at the farm?

3. What does Mary Lawton think of the Clares the first time she meets them?

4. How does Mary Lawton show loyalty and care to her friend Ella Hale after Ella's death?

5. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

6. How do George's parents treat him after Catherine's murder?

7. Why do Catherine and George Clare end up together in the first place?

8. How do Eddy and Cole end up feeling about Catherine Clare?

9. What is a major reason that the Hale farm fails?

10. How does George Clare get his job at the college in Saginaw?

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