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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the last things Mr. Hale does with his sons?

2. How much land comes with the Hale farm?

3. Who does Wade say their mother loved best?

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

5. What does Ella Hale have to sell that she is sorry to see go in order to have money for the family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the deaths of the Hale parents affect their three children, and where do the children go afterwards?

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

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

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

6. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

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

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

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

10. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does George Clare ever have to face a meaningful consequence for all of of his evil acts? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Brundage explain the relationship between George Clare and Willis Howard? Why does Willis continue to see George, even though she knows he is destructive and dangerous? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Brundage explores themes of economic inequality and injustice throughout this novel.

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