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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 is the name of De Beers's sailboat?

2. What do George and Justine both take at DeBeers's party?

3. What does Catherine finally find out about the Hale house in Part III?

4. Who takes Catherine to get an abortion?

5. Why is Cole disturbed by the book George gives him in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary Lawton think that hers and Travis's social life sometimes suffers in Chosen?

2. How does George think about his own upbringing with his family?

3. What does George do after Henri's death that he was not proud of?

4. What does Justine begin to think about George Clare in Part III?

5. In Part III, when does Mary Lawton begin to really worry about Catherine Clare?

6. What does George do when Catherine tells him she is leaving him for the first time?

7. What does Lloyd DeBeers do when he finds out George has faked his credentials?

8. What does DeBeers's wife offer George at DeBeers's funeral?

9. What advice does Floyd DeBeers give George when they go sailing together?

10. How does George Clare often make Cole Hale uncomfortable?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brundage portray the lives of women through the main female characters in this book, including Ella Hale, Catherine Cole, Justine Sokolov, Franny Clare, and Willis Howard? 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

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.

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