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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 Catherine do most of her work?

2. What town do George and Catherine live in at the time of Catherine's death?

3. What does Justine Sokolov work at?

4. What does George tell his boss when his boss asks George what his essence is?

5. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do Catherine and George Clare end up together in the first place?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Why and how is Catherine Clare thwarted any time she tries to take concrete steps to escape her abusive and dangerous marriage? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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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