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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. What talent does Colquitt say she and Walter have?
(a) Attracting powerful people.
(b) Living serenely.
(c) Throwing dinner parties.
(d) Writing.

2. How did the Sheehan's son die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Shot during a robbery.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Helicopter crash.

3. What does Walter call Pie as a reference to her unusual relationship with her father?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Frankenstein.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Scarlet.

4. What month is it when the Kennedys and the Harralsons first meet?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) December.

5. Who was at the Harralson house the morning after the housewarming party?
(a) Lucas Abbot.
(b) Pie and Buddy.
(c) Pie's mother.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What award is associated with advertisements?

3. What does Colquitt hold a degree in?

4. What kind of animal does Walter compare Anita to when he first sees her?

5. What is the empty lot called before the Harralson house is built on it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Walter and Colquitt uncomfortable with the way Pie talks about Buddy's co-workers at the firm?

2. When Colquitt calls Anita to invite her for a dinner party, what reason does Anita give for taking so long to answer the phone, and what does Colquitt think is the real reason?

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

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

5. Why do the Sheehans move to the Kennedys' neighborhood?

6. What has changed about Anita when Walter and Colquitt return home from a stay at the cottage?

7. What is unusual about Pie's behavior in the hospital following her miscarriage?

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

9. Why did Colquitt contact People magazine?

10. What event caused Anita's very first catatonic episode?

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