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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 kind of painter is the one that George focuses his thesis on?
2. Where does George see Willis for the first time?
3. Where do Justine and her husband first meet?
4. Which of the following does Catherine take as a sign that the house might be haunted?
5. What does Ella Hale have to sell that she is sorry to see go in order to have money for the family?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does George Clare pay to put his Fiat in a garage, even though he cannot really afford to?
2. How does Brundage describe the relationship between the three Hale brothers?
3. What does Mary Lawton think of the Clares the first time she meets them?
4. Why does Catherine eventually conclude that the house may be haunted?
5. How does the deaths of the Hale parents affect their three children, and where do the children go afterwards?
6. What startles the Pratts about the appearance of George and Franny Clare at their house in Part I?
7. How do George's parents treat him after Catherine's murder?
8. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?
9. How does Catherine feel about religion and spirituality?
10. How do Eddy and Cole end up feeling about George Clare?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When and how does Catherine Clare finally realize how dangerous George Clare really is? When and how does the reader finally realize how dangerous George Clare really is? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Brundage handle the topic of the supernatural throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What are some tactics and methods George Clare uses to deceive those around him from an early age? Are Brundages's descriptions of George's escapades believable? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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