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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 had Charlie Manx sent to Bing after he was sentenced for murder, according to the narrator in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?
(a) His license plate.
(b) His watch.
(c) His house keys.
(d) His car keys.

2. When Bing Partridge asks Mr. de Zoet about Victoria McQueen in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012," Mr. de Zoet imagines Vic as she was at what age?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

3. What is the name of the Indian police officer who arrives after Vic calls 911 about her son’s kidnapping in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?
(a) Officer Shashank.
(b) Officer Indira.
(c) Officer Bakshi.
(d) Officer Chitra.

4. On what day do Vic and Wayne return to Vic’s mother’s house in Haverhill to spend time with Lou in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?
(a) August 11.
(b) September 1.
(c) June 15.
(d) July 1.

5. What is the name of the shop that Vic passes as the enters Christmasland that has wooden puppets dangling in the window?
(a) Puppetville.
(b) Folkmanis Puppets.
(c) Manx’s Puppetry.
(d) Punch & Judy’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place does the little girl from Christmasland describe as “almost as fun as Christmasland” when she calls Vic in September of 2001?

2. How does Vic attempt to destroy the Wraith in “Triumph One Eternal, Christmas Eve”?

3. The note that Vic finds in the Library after Maggie has been killed in "Christmasland, July 7-9" says “When the angels fall, the children” do what?

4. Who is described as “the woman from South Carolina who drowned her children, then told a whopping lie about how they’d been kidnapped by a black man” in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?

5. Who is the woman sitting on the doorstep of Linda McQueen’s home when Vic and Wayne return there from the Lake House in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bing do at the church by his house in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?

2. What happens to Maggie while Vic is sleeping in "Christmasland, July 7-9"? How does Vic discover this?

3. How is Wayne’s demeanor described in the beginning of "Christmasland, July 7-9"?

4. How does Vic come to spend the summer with her son in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"? How does she feel about this vacation?

5. Where is Wayne located in the opening of "Search Engine, July 6-7"? What is he doing?

6. What is Vic doing when the narrative first turns to her character at the Lake House in "Search Engine, July 6-7"?

7. What is Sigmund de Zoet doing when his character is introduced in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"?

8. How is Charles Talent Manx’s medical condition described in "Interlude: The Spirit of Ecstasy, 2000-2012"?

9. Where do Vic and Wayne spend the summer in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012"? How is the setting described?

10. What actions does Vic take inside Christmasland in "Triumph One Eternal, Christmas Eve"?

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