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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 kind of painter is the one that George focuses his thesis on?

2. What does George tell his boss when his boss asks George what his essence is?

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

4. What bar does Cole sometimes have to go into to extract his father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

7. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing Brundage's language and tone throughout this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Brundage portray the lives of women through the main female characters in this book, including Ella Hale, Catherine Cole, Justine Sokolov, Franny Clare, and Willis Howard? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What role does religious and spiritual faith play in Catherine Clare's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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