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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 happens to Catherine when George takes her sailing?
(a) She goes overboard.
(b) She faints.
(c) She seems to know the boat very well.
(d) She breaks her arm.

2. Where does Catherine first meet George?
(a) College.
(b) At her mother's house.
(c) At a friend's party.
(d) At a diner.

3. Why does Agnes dislike George?
(a) She thinks he is a liar.
(b) She thinks he is dull.
(c) She thinks he is an elitist.
(d) She thinks he is ugly.

4. How do Mr. and Mrs. Hale die?
(a) In a double suicide.
(b) In a random robbery.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) From cancer.

5. Who lets Eddy play his trumpet in Part II?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rainer.
(c) Roman.
(d) Vito.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does George Clare go the day after his wife's death?

2. Which artist does George's dissertation focus on?

3. What flowers does Cole say are his favorite when Catherine asks him?

4. Where does George see Willis for the first time?

5. What complement does Eddy give Catherine in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impression does George Clare get of the direction the police investigation into Catherine's murder is taking?

2. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Catherine eventually conclude that the house may be haunted?

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

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