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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. Where does Pie discover Buddy and Lucas embracing?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The master bedroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The downstairs bedroom.

2. What is Colquitt's job?
(a) Housewife.
(b) Advertising executive.
(c) Real estate agent.
(d) Freelance public relations.

3. Whose annual Christmas party do Colquitt and Walter attend shortly after Pie's miscarriage?
(a) Pie Harralson's.
(b) Anita Sheehan's.
(c) Eloise Jennings'.
(d) Virginia Guthrie's.

4. How many houses has Kim finished prior to the Harralson house?
(a) One.
(b) Zero.
(c) Two.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Colquitt take when she goes to meet the Sheehans for the first time?

2. How did the Sheehan's son die?

3. What show is playing on the television in Pie's room when Colquitt and Walter visit her in the hospital?

4. How many children does Claire have?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Kennedys have Animal Control officers come out and check their neighborhood?

3. 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?

4. Why did Colquitt contact People magazine?

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

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

7. Why does Colquitt say she and Walter aren't the type of people who would normally appear in People magazine?

8. What does Kim suspect about the embrace Buddy and Lucas are caught in?

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

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

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