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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 the name of the book Mike is writing at the cabin?

2. What does Mike see written on his napkin at the restaurant?

3. Whom does Mike encounter as he takes an after dinner walk?

4. What news does Bill tell Mike when he calls him early one morning?

5. What is Sara wearing as she sings at the fair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jo help Mike during his assault by Max and Rogette?

2. What links all the deaths which have occurred on the TR?

3. How is Kyra able to recall vivid details of the Fryeburg County Fair experience she shares with Mike?

4. In what way do Max and Rogette terrorize Mike after his sensory experience regarding the young Negro boy?

5. What does Frank tell Mike about being with Jo at Sara Laughs shortly before she died?

6. What horrible acts is Mike driven to commit on Kyra and himself?

7. Describe Mike's experience of "time travel" at the Fryeburg County Fair in 1900.

8. What is Mike's reaction to the tape of Rogette's voice that John plays in the car?

9. What does Mattie fear that Max will do if he cannot win custody of Kyra?

10. What does Mike know that he has to do in order to quell Sara and Kito's spirits and whose spirits does he encounter at the scene of the murders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Kyra. What is her role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Kyra's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Mattie Devore was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you about Mattie's life through this book, what were her biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did she manage through them? How did her coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of her life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of Mike. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

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