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

2. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?

3. Why do Catherine and George get married?

4. What happens to Catherine Clare in Part I?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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 Eddy and Cole end up feeling about George Clare?

5. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

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

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

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

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

10. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brundage establish and maintain suspense throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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

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.

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