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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Matt Gladney say he wishes he'd done when he first saw the Harralson house?
(a) Doubled the architect's salary.
(b) Fired the architect.
(c) Burned it to the ground.
(d) Blew it up.

2. What day of the week is it when Virginia comes to Colquitt's house to tell her that Anita was upset by a movie on television?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

3. What is Colquitt's job?
(a) Advertising executive.
(b) Freelance public relations.
(c) Housewife.
(d) Real estate agent.

4. How old was Anita when her father and brother died?
(a) Nine.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Eleven.

5. How long does Colquitt wait to have a dinner party to welcome the Sheehans?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

6. When Colquitt is attempting to describe Anita to her other dinner party guests before they have met her, what word does Colquitt use to describe Anita?
(a) Loony.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Haunted.
(d) Depressed.

7. Who paid the down payment on the Kennedy's house?
(a) Walter's parents.
(b) Colquitt's parents.
(c) Colquitt's grandfather.
(d) Colquitt and Walter.

8. What does Colquitt offer to do to calm Pie's nerves before the housewarming party?
(a) Arrive early.
(b) Help her clean.
(c) Treat her to a massage.
(d) Cook food.

9. Who does Pie suspect picked out her party outfit?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Her father.
(c) Colquitt.
(d) Luke.

10. Who paid for the Harralson's house?
(a) Buddy's parents.
(b) Buddy's firm.
(c) Pie and Buddy.
(d) Pie's father.

11. While sitting in her den, who hears Pie's screams when the dead puppy is found?
(a) Colquitt.
(b) Anita.
(c) Claire.
(d) Virginia.

12. What does Walter call Pie as a reference to her unusual relationship with her father?
(a) Scarlet.
(b) Lolita.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Oedipus.

13. What kind of animal does Buddy find torn apart as the Harralsons take the Kennedys to see their bedroom wallpaper?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Rat.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Opossum.

14. What does Colquitt call Kim when he arrives at her house to use the phone for the first time?
(a) Architect Extraordinaire.
(b) Pigpen.
(c) Eric the Red.
(d) Bearded Savage.

15. What ailment strikes Matt Gladney at the housewarming party?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A brain aneurysm.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Indigestion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Claire's oldest son's name?

2. What does Anita tell Colquitt she is planning when Colquitt and Walter return from the cabin in Chapter 12?

3. What color does the creek water turn when the culvert is put in?

4. What peculiar question does Buck ask the Kennedys on the day they meet?

5. Who finds the dead puppy?

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