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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. Who comes to help George Clare after his wife's death in Part I?

2. Where do Justine and her husband first meet?

3. What car does George drive?

4. Where does Willis tell George she goes to college?

5. Which of the following does Catherine take as a sign that the house might be haunted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Eddy and Cole find a way to spend time at their old house again?

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

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

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

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

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

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

How do the Hale boys, Eddy, Cole, and Wade, end up feeling about their family home at different points all throughout the novel? 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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