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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. Where do George and Catherine spend Thanksgiving in Part IV?

2. What does George tell Catherine she is on the way home from the Sokolov party?

3. What do George and Justine both take at DeBeers's party?

4. How does Willis think her father would describe someone like George?

5. Who bakes Wade a cake for his 18th birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George Clare often make Cole Hale uncomfortable?

2. What does George do when Catherine tells him she is leaving him for the first time?

3. What does DeBeers's wife offer George at DeBeers's funeral?

4. What does Justine begin to think about George Clare in Part III?

5. What does George do after DeBeers tells him he has no choice but to fire him?

6. What happens between Catherine and George as they return home from the Sokolov house in Part III?

7. What does Mary Lawton think when Catherine Clare tells her that she thinks Ella Hale's presence is still in the house?

8. Why does Mary Lawton think that hers and Travis's social life sometimes suffers in Chosen?

9. In Part III, when does Mary Lawton begin to really worry about Catherine Clare?

10. What does Catherine ask Eddy for help with in Part IV?

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 Brundage portray the lives of women through the main female characters in this book, including Ella Hale, Catherine Cole, Justine Sokolov, Franny Clare, and Willis Howard? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What messages do you think Brundage is trying to communicate to the reader through the turns Franny Clare's life path takes, especially at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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