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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. Whose house does Catherine's husband go to in distress in Part I?
(a) The Rutger House.
(b) The Farley house.
(c) The Lawton house.
(d) The Pratt house.

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

3. Where do George and Catherine live when they are first married?
(a) New York City.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Maine.

4. What does Catherine do with Eddy and Cole sometimes when they are working at her house?
(a) Cut their hair.
(b) Swim with them.
(c) Sing to them.
(d) Sketch them.

5. Why does George object to Catherine letting Franny sleep in their bed?
(a) He thinks it will impede his and Catherine's sex life.
(b) He thinks Franny will never leave the house as an adult.
(c) He thinks she will be spoiled.
(d) He thinks she will get more nightmares that way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine tell Eddy about George?

2. What is one difference between Ella Hale and her husband?

3. How does Eddy meet Willis?

4. What do Eddy and Cole offer to do at the old Hale house for the Clares?

5. Who was Mr. Hale's mistress?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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