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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 does Justine Sokolov work at?

2. Who lets Eddy play his trumpet in Part II?

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

4. Whose house does Catherine's husband go to in distress in Part I?

5. What does Mary Lawton's daughter struggle with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does George Clare get his job at the college in Saginaw?

3. How do Eddy and Cole end up feeling about Catherine Clare?

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

5. How did Ella Cole feel about her husband?

6. How does Mary Lawton show loyalty and care to her friend Ella Hale after Ella's death?

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

8. How do Eddy and Cole end up feeling about George Clare?

9. Why do Catherine and George Clare end up together in the first place?

10. What does Mary Lawton think of the Clares the first time she meets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Brundage portray rural and farming life through the lens of the town of Chosen and its residents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Catherine Clare's murder affect the town of Chosen in the event's immediate aftermath, and years later? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Brundage explores themes of economic inequality and injustice throughout this novel.

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