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

2. What does Mike find under a throw rug in Jo's studio?

3. Why is Mattie receiving anonymous phone calls?

4. Who demands that Mike relinquish Kyra at the fair?

5. Who holds Mattie as she dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Kyra intuit at the Fryeburg County Fair scenario that Mike does not pick up on?

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

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

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

6. What does Bill tell Mike about why people don't like Mike's being back in the area?

7. What decision does Mike make regarding Mattie and their relationship and how do his feelings for her ultimately save his life?

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

9. What is significant about the sudden disappearance of the refrigerator magnets?

10. Why does Mike struggle with the feelings that are growing for Mattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the greatest lesson Mike learns from Bill Dean? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Mike always recall about his experiences with Bill?

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