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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. What does Claire find out Buck is doing again when she returns home from the island?
(a) Working for his old company.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Throwing dinner parties.

2. What does Claire serve Colquitt when she visits to ask Claire to help her in her plan to keep anyone from buying the house?
(a) Instant coffee.
(b) Espresso.
(c) Tea.
(d) Hot chocolate.

3. What does Colquitt tell Walter he can tell people if he doesn't want to be involved in warning people about the house?
(a) Colquitt has a bee in her bonnet.
(b) He's leaving Colquitt.
(c) He thinks Colquitt is crazy.
(d) Colquitt has been ill.

4. What is Walter looking for in the deli section of the grocery store when the Kennedys run into Eloise Jennings?
(a) Brie.
(b) Almond-stuffed olives.
(c) Honey ham.
(d) Pickles.

5. Who tells Walter the story of the house isn't in the public's best interest?
(a) Howard Ogletree.
(b) Chick Herren.
(c) Clark Massengale.
(d) Walter Leonard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Colquitt trying to find when Kim kisses her?

2. What style of dinners did the Kennedys eat while away on vacation for Christmas?

3. Who does Colquitt receive a card from at the end of chapter 21?

4. What household task does Marguerite take on as soon as she arrives at the Sheehans?

5. How does Claire say Colquitt looks when she returns home to find the Sheehans have left?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anita tell Colquitt she believes Toby is alive and coming home?

2. Why does Kim force Colquitt and Walter outside after kissing Colquitt?

3. What is strange about the phone calls Virginia tells Colquitt that Anita is receiving and who does she initially think they are from?

4. Why does Colquitt go to the Sheehans' house on the day she witnesses Buck and Virginia making love?

5. What happens to Norman when the electricity suddenly flashes back on for a moment and then turns off again?

6. In Chapter 21, why does Walter lose a client?

7. How does Colquitt feel while Kim is kissing her?

8. What reason does Chick give the Kennedys for being unable to print the story of the house?

9. Why is Colquitt amused by the brie that Eloise is carrying when she and Walter run into Eloise in the grocery store?

10. Why does Norman throw his clothes out of the closet and on to the floor?

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