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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Prologue, what do the Kennedys plan to do if someone buys the house again?
(a) Burn it down.
(b) Bomb it.
(c) Move away.
(d) Pray for the new neighbors.

2. How old was Anita when her father and brother died?
(a) Nine.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eleven.

3. What color is Rasputin?
(a) Orange.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

4. Following Anita's upset at the Kennedys' dinner party, who says she blames the house for what happened to Anita?
(a) Colquitt.
(b) Claire.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Anita.

5. What is the name of the real estate agent who sells the Sheehans the house?
(a) Elizabeth Dalton.
(b) Virginia Guthrie.
(c) Claire Swanson.
(d) Margaret Matthieson.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 11 opens, where does Colquitt speculate Buck may have left Anita to go with the Guthries?

2. In what month does Pie lose her baby?

3. Who paid for the Harralson's house?

4. What does Buddy tell Colquitt he's looking for when she sees him in his yard at night with a flashlight?

5. What does Pie wear to her housewarming party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Colquitt's neighbors begin to jab at her and Walter about her relationship with Kim?

2. How does Pie react to her parents' arrival at the party?

3. Why did Colquitt decide to leave the public relations company she worked at to do freelance public relations?

4. How is Kim's design of the Douglas house going in comparison to the work on the Harralson house?

5. Why is Kim upset while he's at the Harralson's party?

6. Why is Colquitt surprised to hear that a house is being built on the McIntyre lot?

7. Why does Colquitt tie a knot in the bed sheets?

8. What is unusual about the behavior of Razz and Foster when the Harralson house begins going up?

9. Why does the arrival of Duck at the dinner party upset Anita?

10. What is unusual about Lucas' relationship with the Harralsons?

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