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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does George Clare go the day after his wife's death?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New Hampshire.

2. Who is Mary Lawton's daughter?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Alice.
(d) Harper.

3. What birds did Mr. Hale raise from birth?
(a) Crows.
(b) Falcons.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Robins.

4. Who was Mr. Hale's mistress?
(a) Willis Howard.
(b) Relleno Steele.
(c) Hardy Finder.
(d) Hazel Smythe.

5. What does Willis say she wants to do?
(a) Go back to school and become a poet.
(b) Become a farmer.
(c) Star in movies.
(d) Move to Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business is George Clare's father in?

2. Where does Justine say she loves to travel to?

3. What car does George drive?

4. Where does George see Willis for the first time?

5. What does Mary Lawton tell George Clare about Hale house before he bids on it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Hale boys return to the empty house from time to time at the farm?

2. How does Brundage describe the relationship between the three Hale brothers?

3. What is a major reason that the Hale farm fails?

4. Why does George Clare pay to put his Fiat in a garage, even though he cannot really afford to?

5. How does the deaths of the Hale parents affect their three children, and where do the children go afterwards?

6. What does Catherine think the first time she tours the Hale house?

7. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?

8. How does the Hale boys' Uncle Rainer treat them all?

9. Why does Catherine eventually conclude that the house may be haunted?

10. How do Eddy and Cole find a way to spend time at their old house again?

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