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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. Who gave Pie her puppy?

2. What does Colquitt call Kim when he arrives at her house to use the phone for the first time?

3. How did the Sheehan's son die?

4. What does Colquitt hold a degree in?

5. What is Colquitt's job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Pie plan to show her father the house plans before the house is built?

3. In Chapter 9, why does Colquitt describe a feeling of being completely alone after meeting the Sheehans?

4. After attending Eloise Jennings' Christmas party, what does Claire speculate has irritated Eloise?

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

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

7. Why did Colquitt contact People magazine?

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

9. Why does Walter say their yard looks like Disney World on the morning of Pie's party?

10. Why does Claire tell Colquitt to hang curtains before the Harralson house is built?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do Walter and Colquitt decide not to tell anyone about their experiences in the house? What effect does this have on them? How does this decision serve to enhance the mystique of the house?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Walter and Colquitt choose not to share the incident involving Kim and Colquitt's kiss with anyone? What consequence does this decision have? Does it make their case for the existence of evil in the house weaker? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Colquitt's theory about the house and how it affects each family that lives there.

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