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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 old is Melissa?

2. In Chapter 24, what does Walter say will need to be dug up?

3. Who does Kim say walked off the job at the Douglas house?

4. What does Colquitt say was the most important thing to Kim?

5. What does Claire call Colquitt as she orders her to leave her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Colquitt amused by the brie that Eloise is carrying when she and Walter run into Eloise in the grocery store?

2. How does Norman react to Walter telling him that the house may be haunted?

3. What causes Colquitt to decide never to return to the ballet guild meetings?

4. Why is Colquitt concerned about Claire's becoming friends with Susan?

5. Why does Colquitt make an excuse to Buck for the broken window at the Sheehans' house, and what is the excuse?

6. In Chapter 21, why does Walter lose a client?

7. What does Colquitt say she likes about working from home?

8. What is the party that the Greenes throw for and what is it like?

9. Why does Claire think Colquitt's explanation that she thought the Sheehans may have just gone out is implausible when Colquitt tries to tell Claire she knows nothing about why the couple left?

10. What reason does Chick give the Kennedys for being unable to print the story of the house?

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 Kim's opinion of the house change throughout the novel? What is his initial opinion as the house is being built? What does he think of the house while the Sheehans live there? What does he think at the end of the book? What causes the fluctuation in his opinion?

Essay Topic 3

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

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