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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently does Charlie Manx tell Bing Partridge that he takes someone to Christmasland in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Once every ten years.
(d) Once a month.

2. When Vic is in her senior year of high school, her mother walks in on Vic sleeping in bed with whom, in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Nathan Demeter.
(b) Craig Harrison.
(c) Hank Tulowitzki.
(d) Roger Sillman.

3. Rory McCombers is described as a freshman at what school when he is abducted in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) The Brown School.
(b) The Gilman School.
(c) The Hartman School.
(d) The Julliard School.

4. How old is Vic McQueen in the beginning of "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

5. What is extraordinary about the little boy’s breath in the car in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) It is smoking.
(b) It is deafening.
(c) It is raspy and loud.
(d) It is musical.

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

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

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

9. Where does Vic find herself when she crosses the Shorter Way Bridge to look for the photograph in "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) The Graveyard of What Might Be.
(b) The hallway of the Cooperative School.
(c) Terry’s Primo Subs.
(d) The Sleigh House.

10. What is the name of the driver that is supposed to pick up Marta Gregorski and her mother but never shows in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Tommy Priest.
(b) Nathan Demeter.
(c) Roger Sillman.
(d) Bing Partridge.

11. What is the nickname that Vic McQueen is called by her father in the novel?
(a) Cricket.
(b) The Wonderkid.
(c) The Brat.
(d) The Princess.

12. How old is Nancy Lee Martin’s daughter that goes missing in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

13. Who is the author of the poem that Maggie gives to Vic in "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) John Keats.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Gerard Manley Hopkins.

14. What is the name of the family that lives across the street from Vic’s family in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Vanderbilts.
(d) The de Zoets.

15. What is the name of the game warden that goes outside to prevent Charles Manx from leaving the country store before the police arrive in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) Sam Cleary.
(b) Tom Priest.
(c) Roger Sillman.
(d) Alan Warner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the necklace made of that Maggie wears in "The Librarian, 1991"?

2. What term does Maggie use to describe Vic’s bridge and her travel tiles in "The Librarian, 1991"?

3. Where does Charlie Manx take Bing to buy him a soda in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. What items does Bing recall his father giving to him for Christmas from his Korean War days in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

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

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