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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 bad news does Mattie have when Mike calls her?

2. What is the name of Kyra's little stuffed dog?

3. Jared Devore's ghost tells Mike that he and his friends killed Sara and her son because _______________________.

4. What color is the shorts outfit that Mattie wears to the picnic?

5. Who is John Shackleford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does John Storrow invite to an impromptu party after hearing the good news about Mattie's inheritance?

2. What is the devastating effect of the shooter's gunfire at Mattie's house?

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

4. What preoccupies Mike's mind regardless of all the supernatural things going on around him?

5. Why does Mike categorize Elmer Durgin as an ELFF?

6. What does Durgin try to get Mike to admit in a deposition?

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

8. Why does Mike hear Jo screaming and what does he find in the plastic owls?

9. What senses does Mike experience about a young boy as he walks along the lake?

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

Create a brief character study of Johanna. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were her dreams and fears? What was most valuable to her in her world?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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