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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. What show is playing on the television in Pie's room when Colquitt and Walter visit her in the hospital?
2. What does Buddy tell Colquitt he's looking for when she sees him in his yard at night with a flashlight?
3. Following Anita's upset at the Kennedys' dinner party, who says she blames the house for what happened to Anita?
4. How did the Sheehan's son die?
5. What does Colquitt offer to do to calm Pie's nerves before the housewarming party?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't Pie plan to show her father the house plans before the house is built?
2. How is Kim's design of the Douglas house going in comparison to the work on the Harralson house?
3. Why does the arrival of Duck at the dinner party upset Anita?
4. Why do the Kennedys have Animal Control officers come out and check their neighborhood?
5. Why is Colquitt surprised to hear that a house is being built on the McIntyre lot?
6. What happens to upset Anita while Buck is out of town and Virginia and Colquitt are tasked with watching after her?
7. 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?
8. Why does Walter say their yard looks like Disney World on the morning of Pie's party?
9. Why did Colquitt decide to leave the public relations company she worked at to do freelance public relations?
10. Why do the Sheehans move to the Kennedys' neighborhood?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What tone does the author set at the outset of the novel? How does she do this? Is her use of tone effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
What is the relationship between Colquitt and Kim like? How does Colquitt view the relationship? How do others see it? How does the relationship change over the course of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
In the end, has the house affected Kim or has Kim affected the house? What is ironic about the conclusion of the novel?
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