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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. How many houses has Kim finished prior to the Harralson house?

2. Who was the only person at the Kennedys' house after Anita left the dinner party that refused a nightcap?

3. On what day does construction begin on the Harralson house?

4. What position does Walter hold in the advertising agency where he works?

5. What is Walter's business partner's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Colquitt think they will be punished if they end up burning the haunted house down?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Pie react to her parents' arrival at the party?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does Claire serve to reveal aspects of Colquitt's personality? What values of Colquitt's does she demonstrate?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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