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

2. Where does Catherine first meet George?

3. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Catherine Clare's murder affect the town of Chosen in the event's immediate aftermath, and years later? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was Cole Hale's relationship with his mother, Ella, like? How do Cole and his brothers Eddy and Wade handle the tragic death of their parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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