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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. What car does George drive?
(a) A Hyundai.
(b) A Chevy truck.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Fiat.

2. What kind of painter is the one that George focuses his thesis on?
(a) Brandenburgian.
(b) Rembrandtian.
(c) Matisian.
(d) Swedenborgian.

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

4. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?
(a) Harper.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Alice.

5. What does Willis say she wants to do?
(a) Star in movies.
(b) Move to Europe.
(c) Become a farmer.
(d) Go back to school and become a poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wade say their mother loved best?

2. Where does Catherine first meet George?

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

4. What town do George and Catherine live in at the time of Catherine's death?

5. Who is the muse of the painter George focuses his dissertation on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brundage describe the relationship between the three Hale brothers?

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

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

4. What are some unusual characteristics of Bram and Justine Sokolov?

5. What does Catherine think the first time she tours the Hale house?

6. How do Eddy and Cole find a way to spend time at their old house again?

7. What startles the Pratts about the appearance of George and Franny Clare at their house in Part I?

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

9. Why does George Clare pay to put his Fiat in a garage, even though he cannot really afford to?

10. What information about the Hale house does George keep from Catherine?

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