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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. Through whose house does a tree limb crash during the ice storm?
(a) The Guthries' house.
(b) The Greenes' house.
(c) The Jennings' house.
(d) The Kennedys' house.

2. What month does the final event concerning the Sheehans occur?
(a) September.
(b) July.
(c) November.
(d) August.

3. What school is Melissa scheduled to attend?
(a) Little Sunshine Academy.
(b) Chase.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Pacewood.

4. Who does Kim say walked off the job at the Douglas house?
(a) The carpenters.
(b) His boss.
(c) The bricklayers.
(d) The electricians.

5. What station does Lipschutz work for?
(a) IFC.
(b) KRP.
(c) HND.
(d) KMO.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire find out Buck is doing again when she returns home from the island?

2. Who does Chick say would print a retraction of the story the next day if Chick agreed to print it?

3. Where does Colquitt tell Claire she and Walter are going on the day of the Greenes' second party?

4. Who brings the Greenes to meet the Kennedys?

5. What decision do Claire and her husband make after Duck's announcement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Claire to finally believe the house is haunted?

2. Why does Claire think Colquitt's explanation that she thought the Sheehans may have just gone out is implausible when Colquitt tries to tell Claire she knows nothing about why the couple left?

3. What reason does Chick give the Kennedys for being unable to print the story of the house?

4. Why is Colquitt amused by the brie that Eloise is carrying when she and Walter run into Eloise in the grocery store?

5. Why does Colquitt go to the Sheehans' house on the day she witnesses Buck and Virginia making love?

6. How does Norman react to Walter telling him that the house may be haunted?

7. What happens to Norman when the electricity suddenly flashes back on for a moment and then turns off again?

8. Why does Norman throw his clothes out of the closet and on to the floor?

9. What does Colquitt mean when she says to Walter that maybe Buck hadn't cracked because it wasn't "his turn" yet?

10. In Chapter 24, why does Claire tell Colquitt she doesn't want to see her ever again?

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