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

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

3. Where are Marta Gregorski and her mother located when they go missing, according to the narrative in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Sugarcreek, Pennsylvania.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Here, Iowa.
(d) Gunbarrel, Colorado.

4. What church is seen from the windows of Bing Partridge’s home in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) The New American Faith Tabernacle Church.
(b) The Second Street Methodist Assembly.
(c) The First Baptist Church of Haverhill.
(d) The Wilma Church of Latter Day Saints.

5. What does Vic cross the Shorter Way Bridge in search of in the beginning of "Sleigh House, 1996"?
(a) Her bike.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A watch.
(d) Trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is extraordinary about the little boy’s breath in the car in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

2. How is Vic McQueen’s bike described in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

3. Rory McCombers is described as a freshman at what school when he is abducted in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

4. What is the name of Jeff Haddon’s Springer spaniel that he takes for a walk in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

5. For how long has Nurse Thornton worked at the Supermax prison infirmary in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is Jeff Haddon doing when his character is introduced in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

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

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

5. What does Charlie Manx say to Nurse Thornton when he speaks in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?

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

7. What does the narrator remark about the experiences of the drivers in the first two abductions in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

8. How does the narrator describe the lost object that Vic goes in search of in the beginning of "The Librarian, 1991"?

9. How are the deaths of Bing’s parents described in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

10. What foreshadowing does the narrator allude to when Charlie Manx appears to Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

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