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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. As Chapter 11 opens, where does Colquitt speculate Buck may have left Anita to go with the Guthries?
2. What is Colquitt's job?
3. What company does Buck work for?
4. Who does Pie unlock the door to her house for on the day she loses her puppy?
5. What does Pie wear to her housewarming party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What has changed about Anita when Walter and Colquitt return home from a stay at the cottage?
2. How is Kim's design of the Douglas house going in comparison to the work on the Harralson house?
3. What is unusual about Lucas' relationship with the Harralsons?
4. Why do the Kennedys have Animal Control officers come out and check their neighborhood?
5. What is unusual about the behavior of Razz and Foster when the Harralson house begins going up?
6. What does Kim suspect about the embrace Buddy and Lucas are caught in?
7. Why does Claire tell Colquitt to hang curtains before the Harralson house is built?
8. What event caused Anita's very first catatonic episode?
9. What is unusual about Pie's behavior in the hospital following her miscarriage?
10. In Chapter 9, why does Colquitt describe a feeling of being completely alone after meeting the Sheehans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How does the house play on the weaknesses of its victims? What is Pie's weakness? What is Anita's weakness? Does the house play on a weakness Colquitt has? If so, what is the weakness and how is Colquitt affected?
Essay Topic 3
How does the author make the house a character in the novel? What techniques does she use? What is the reaction of Colquitt and Kim to the house? How do their feelings about the house change as the novel progresses?
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