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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 decision do Claire and her husband make after Duck's announcement?
2. What does Claire serve Colquitt when she visits to ask Claire to help her in her plan to keep anyone from buying the house?
3. Who asks for exclusive rights to the story of the house?
4. How old is Melissa?
5. What month does the final event concerning the Sheehans occur?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Colquitt immediately notice when she and Walter return from New York and why does this upset her?
2. Why is Colquitt amused by the brie that Eloise is carrying when she and Walter run into Eloise in the grocery store?
3. What causes Claire to finally believe the house is haunted?
4. 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?
5. How does Colquitt feel when Claire brings the Greenes over to meet them?
6. Why does Colquitt make an excuse to Buck for the broken window at the Sheehans' house, and what is the excuse?
7. What happens to Norman when the electricity suddenly flashes back on for a moment and then turns off again?
8. Why does Colquitt call Anita's doctor after she sees Buck and Virginia on the couch?
9. Why is Colquitt concerned about Claire's becoming friends with Susan?
10. Why does Colquitt go to the Sheehans' house on the day she witnesses Buck and Virginia making love?
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 the relationship between Walter and Colquitt evolve over the course of the book? At what points do they draw closer and at what points do they pull away from one another a bit? What is their relationship like at the close of the book?
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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