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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. What does the store owner hit Charlie Manx with in the face as he tries to break up the scuffle in the end of "Sleigh House, 1996"?

2. When Charlie Manx grabs Nurse Thornton in "Season's Greetings, December 2008,” he tells her that there is a place for her son where?

3. How old is Louis Carmody described as in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

4. The black-and-white photograph that Vic goes in search of in "The Librarian, 1991" shows a little boy and a woman. Who is the little boy?

5. Where does Vic run to escape from Charlie Manx in the kitchen in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Nurse Thornton react to Manx’s “awakening” in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"? What do the doctors observe of his condition?

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

5. What causes the argument between Vic and her mother when Vic has started high school in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

6. What does Charlie Manx tell Bing he must do in order to get to Christmasland in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

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

8. Where does Vic first see Charlie Manx in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Where does Vic run to flee?

9. What is Vic McQueen doing when her character is first introduced in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the divorce of Christopher and Linda McQueen and its impact on Vic. What foreshadowing has the author employed to indicate the impending separation of Chris and Linda? How does Vic react when she learns that her father is gone?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the characters of Louis Carmody, Tom and Cady Priest, Alan Warner, and Sam Cleary in "Sleigh House, 1996." How old is Louis when Vic meets him? What does Vic think about stopping at Sam’s Gas and Sundries? Who is the most helpful to Vic here?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the physical and mental effects that crossing the Shorter Way Bridge appear to have on Vic. Why do you think Vic becomes feverish and ill once she crosses the threshold? What auditory experiences does Vic have when she crosses the bridge?

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