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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 Justine Sokolov work at?

2. What do both George and Catherine study in college?

3. What does Catherine Clare do for a living?

4. Who lets Eddy play his trumpet in Part II?

5. Who were the first settlers in Chosen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brundage handle the topic of the supernatural throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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

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