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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Vic run to escape from Charlie Manx in the kitchen in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) The basement.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The pantry.

2. What is Charlie Manx’s full name in the novel?
(a) Charles Talent Manx III.
(b) Charles Winthrop Manx, Jr.
(c) Charles Winston Manx II.
(d) Charles Edward Manx IV.

3. What are the letters on the Scrabble tile earrings that Maggie wears in "The Librarian, 1991"?
(a) F and U.
(b) W and M.
(c) J and R.
(d) M and E.

4. How are the little boy’s teeth described when he turns to Vic inside the Rolls-Royce in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) They are rows of tiny hooks.
(b) They are all missing.
(c) They are long white fangs.
(d) They are green.

5. What is on the license plate of the black Rolls-Royce that Bing sees following him in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) NOS4A2.
(b) ICANCU.
(c) VAMPYR.
(d) RMWAVW.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marta Gregorski a prodigy at, according to the narrator in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

2. From what narrative perspective is NOS4A2 related?

3. How frequently does Charlie Manx tell Bing Partridge that he takes someone to Christmasland in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. What phrase is spelled out with Maggie’s Scrabble tiles in "The Librarian, 1991"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What advertisement is described in the beginning of "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

2. Where does Vic arrive when she crosses the Shorter Way Bridge to look for her father’s lost object in "The Librarian, 1991"? Who witnesses her there?

3. Where does Vic find her Tuff Burner bike in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? What does she do after finding it?

4. What is Nurse Thornton doing in the opening of "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?

5. How is Rory McCombers’ abduction described in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? Where is Rory kidnapped?

6. What gift does Bing recall getting from his father for Christmas in "Spicy Menace, 1990"? What did his father tell him about the gift?

7. What are Vic’s first impressions of the house that she finds at “The Other End of the Bridge” in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

8. Whose disappearance is described first in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? Where does this abduction take place?

9. Where does Bing Partridge live and work, according to the narrator in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

10. How is Vic’s condition described after she crosses back over the Shorter Way Bridge following the retrieval of the bracelet in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?

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