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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 secret does Mike share with John in the car?

2. What does Mike tell Mattie he will do that night?

3. What drink does Mike give to Kyra to calm her?

4. How does Mattie die?

5. Which of the following ghosts does Kyra NOT see at Mike's cabin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mike learn about the deaths of Sara and Kito and why does Jo urge him back to Sara Laughs after he has poured the lye over the bones?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Mike find out about Max's suicide and what is the expected reaction from Mike and Mattie about the death?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Explain the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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