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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. Where does everyone go for the seance?

2. Who is just as excited as Vicki to see the Riemenschneider piece found?

3. Where does Vicki work?

4. Why is Irma's door locked from the outside?

5. What are Vicki and Tony doing when they stumble upon information regarding a piece of art?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Irma react when everyone is leaving her room after waking her up in Chapter 4?

2. What information do Tony and Vicki learn about the lost Riemenschneider relic?

3. Who is speaking through Irma, and what is the English translation of what Irma said in old German at the seance?

4. Where does Tony go after the seance and what does he find?

5. At the seance, what happens with the planchette triangle and the Ouija Board?

6. Describe what happens and what Tony and Vicki learn at the afternoon tea party.

7. What is the legend surrounding what may have happened to the Riemenschneider relic?

8. What does Schmidt tell Vicki about the castle at night?

9. Who do Tony and Vicki meet at the dinner party, and why does Vicki get upset with Tony?

10. What happens to Irma at the seance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vicki is the main character and a lot is learned about her personality in the first part of the book.

Part 1) Describe how Vicki feels about herself and what some of her ideals are as a child.

Part 2) Describe how Vicki feels about herself and what some of her ideals are as a teen leading into adulthood.

Part 3) Describe how Vicki feels about herself and what some of her ideals are as an adult.

Essay Topic 2

The theme of real vs. illusion is found throughout the book. For each of the following events, write which parts of the event you think are real and which parts you think are illusions. Include which characters you think are in on the illusions and which are not: the seance, Tony's attack, and the contents of the tomb.

Essay Topic 3

Many mysteries are solved before the end of the book. Explain three mysteries in the story and how they were solved.

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