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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the glimmering objects that Vic sees in the trees surrounding the white house in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) Christmas tree lights.
(b) Silver nooses.
(c) Dead birds.
(d) Christmas ornaments.

2. What is the name of the café that Vic McQueen finds herself at when she first crosses the Shorter Way Bridge in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) Roger’s Sandwich Factory.
(b) Buster’s Big Eats.
(c) Pete’s Corner Bistro.
(d) Terry’s Primo Subs.

3. What church is seen from the windows of Bing Partridge’s home in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) The First Baptist Church of Haverhill.
(b) The Second Street Methodist Assembly.
(c) The Wilma Church of Latter Day Saints.
(d) The New American Faith Tabernacle Church.

4. In "Disappearances, 1991-1996," the narrator describes Marta Gregorski as being an immigrant from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ireland.

5. How old is the little boy in the photograph that Vic is searching for in "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

6. What is the first setting described in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) Gunbarrel, Colorado.
(b) Haverhill, Massachusetts.
(c) Brandenburg, Kentucky.
(d) Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania.

7. What does Vic cross the Shorter Way Bridge to find for her neighbors from across the street in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) Their rabbit.
(b) Their cat.
(c) Their hamster.
(d) Their dog.

8. What recreational drug has Vic recently ingested in the opening of "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Ecstasy.

9. What is cooking in the oven in Charlie Manx’s kitchen when Vic flees there in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) A TV dinner.
(b) A roast chicken.
(c) A pot of chili.
(d) A chocolate cake.

10. Where does Vic’s father live during her senior year of high school in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Gunbarrel, Colorado.
(b) Durham, New Hampshire.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Brandenburg, Kentucky.

11. What is the little boy wearing in the photograph that Vic is looking for in "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) A Santa Claus beard.
(b) A pinstripe suit.
(c) A Batman mask.
(d) A ten-gallon hat.

12. When Charlie Manx grabs Nurse Thornton in "Season's Greetings, December 2008,” he tells her that there is a place for her son where?
(a) The Supermax prison infirmary.
(b) NorChemPharm.
(c) The New American Faith Tabernacle Church.
(d) Christmasland.

13. How many years old is the Shorter Way Bridge said to be in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) 70.
(b) 100.
(c) 40.
(d) 150.

14. What has Vic McQueen’s mother lost in the beginning of "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) A ring.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A watch.

15. What is the name of Rory McCombers’ driver that is found in the trunk of his car in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Hank Tulowitzki.
(b) Roger Sillman.
(c) Nathan Demeter.
(d) Tommy Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the white house that Vic finds on “The Other End of the Bridge,” the narrator says, “It was an awful place, and her first thought was that when the police searched it, they would find” what?

2. When he introduces himself to Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990," Charlie Manx describes himself as the CEO of what company?

3. “Spicy Menace” is described as what literary genre in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. What is the name of the soldier at the country store who goes out to prevent Charles Manx from escaping before the police arrive in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

5. What is the name of Nurse Thornton’s son who she is considering buying a video game system for in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?

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