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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. Where does Vic’s father live during her senior year of high school in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
2. What object did Bing Partridge use to kill his father?
3. Where are Marta Gregorski and her mother located when they go missing, according to the narrative in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
4. What is the name of the game warden that goes outside to prevent Charles Manx from leaving the country store before the police arrive in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
5. What is extraordinary about the little boy’s breath in the car in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the little boy in the car grabs Vic by the wrist in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
2. How does the narrator describe the lost object that Vic goes in search of in the beginning of "The Librarian, 1991"?
3. What causes the argument between Vic and her mother when Vic has started high school in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
4. How does the narrator describe Charlie Manx’s history in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
5. How does Vic find help in her escape in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Who helps Vic?
6. 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"?
7. What happens to Vic when she returns from the Library across the Shorter Way Bridge in "The Librarian, 1991"?
8. What are Vic’s first impressions of the house that she finds at “The Other End of the Bridge” in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
9. What does Charlie Manx say to Nurse Thornton when he speaks in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
10. What advertisement is described in the beginning of "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
Analyze and discuss the setting of Sugarhill, Pennsylvania, and the home of Bing Partridge. What church is located near Bing’s house? How is this church described? How populous is the area where Bing lives?
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