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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. How many years old is the Shorter Way Bridge said to be in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"?

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

3. What is cooking in the oven in Charlie Manx’s kitchen when Vic flees there in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

4. How old is Maggie said to be in "The Librarian, 1991"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the little boy in the car described in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Why does Vic approach him?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe Maggie’s appearance in "The Librarian, 1991"?

10. How does Vic find help in her escape in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Who helps Vic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the characters of Christopher and Linda McQueen in the novel. How would you describe Vic’s relationship with her parents in "Shorter Way, 1986-1989"? Is Vic closer to her mother or father? How does this change?

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 character of Nurse Ellen Thornton and her encounter with Charles Manx in the “Prologue: Season’s Greetings, December 2008.” What does Charlie say to Nurse Thornton? How does Nurse Thornton tend to regard her patients in the prison infirmary? How is she affected by her encounter with Manx?

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