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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 does Catherine do with Eddy and Cole sometimes when they are working at her house?

2. Who is the lead police investigator on the Clare case?

3. Who were the first settlers in Chosen?

4. Who was Mr. Hale's mistress?

5. Where does Catherine do most of her work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What startles the Pratts about the appearance of George and Franny Clare at their house in Part I?

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

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

6. How does George's and Willis's relationship begin?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of Brundage's first clues to the reader that George Clare might not be all he appears to be? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Brundage's treatment of the topic of marriage throughout this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are some tactics and methods George Clare uses to deceive those around him from an early age? Are Brundages's descriptions of George's escapades believable? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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