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

2. What does Ella Hale have to sell that she is sorry to see go in order to have money for the family?
(a) Porcelain figurines.
(b) Hats.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Shoes.

3. What does Catherine feel the first time she enters the Hale house?
(a) A sense of welcome.
(b) Very warm.
(c) A chill, and the sense that someone else is present.
(d) Faint.

4. What does Eddy do with Catherine when Catherine cries in Part II?
(a) Kisses her.
(b) Hugs her.
(c) Tells Catherine's husband about her breakdown.
(d) Leaves the room.

5. Who is the lead police investigator on the Clare case?
(a) Marjorie Hendley.
(b) Travis Lawton.
(c) Edward Stone.
(d) Richard Rendel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Catherine's husband go to in distress in Part I?

2. What happens to Catherine when George takes her sailing?

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

4. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?

5. Why does Agnes dislike George?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the Hale boys' Uncle Rainer treat them all?

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

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