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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 is Claire's husband's name?

2. What color is Rasputin?

3. Whose annual Christmas party do Colquitt and Walter attend shortly after Pie's miscarriage?

4. What do Colquitt and Pie eat for dinner on the evening of the day they meet the Harralsons?

5. What award is associated with advertisements?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Colquitt think they will be punished if they end up burning the haunted house down?

2. Why do the Sheehans move to the Kennedys' neighborhood?

3. Why did Colquitt contact People magazine?

4. How does Pie react to her parents' arrival at the party?

5. Why do the Kennedys have Animal Control officers come out and check their neighborhood?

6. How does Colquitt react to Claire's blaming the house for Anita's upset at seeing Duck and the Harralsons' tragedy?

7. Why does Colquitt tie a knot in the bed sheets?

8. Why does Walter say their yard looks like Disney World on the morning of Pie's party?

9. What is unusual about Lucas' relationship with the Harralsons?

10. What has changed about Anita when Walter and Colquitt return home from a stay at the cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kim's opinion of the house change throughout the novel? What is his initial opinion as the house is being built? What does he think of the house while the Sheehans live there? What does he think at the end of the book? What causes the fluctuation in his opinion?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Colquitt's theory about the house and how it affects each family that lives there.

Essay Topic 3

In the end, has the house affected Kim or has Kim affected the house? What is ironic about the conclusion of the novel?

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