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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 is Walter's business partner's name?

2. What pet name does Pie's father call her?

3. How did the Sheehan's son die?

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

5. As Chapter 11 opens, where does Colquitt speculate Buck may have left Anita to go with the Guthries?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Kim upset while he's at the Harralson's party?

2. What has changed about Anita when Walter and Colquitt return home from a stay at the cottage?

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

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

5. Why does Colquitt tie a knot in the bed sheets?

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

7. What happens to upset Anita while Buck is out of town and Virginia and Colquitt are tasked with watching after her?

8. Why does the arrival of Duck at the dinner party upset Anita?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How does The House Next Door fit into the horror genre? What elements of a horror novel does it have? Is it a typical horror novel? Why or why not?

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