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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 kind of crew does Bing Partridge oversee at his job in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

2. Where does Vic’s father live during her senior year of high school in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?

3. How frequently does Charlie Manx tell Bing Partridge that he takes someone to Christmasland in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. When Vic first sees Charlie Manx outside the house in "Sleigh House, 1996," he is staring at her bridge and has his hands on what?

5. After storming out of her house in "Disappearances, 1991-1996," Vic ends up falling asleep below a bridge under what highway?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Nurse Thornton doing in the opening of "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Family in NOS4A2

a. Discuss the theme of family in the novel as it applies to Vic McQueen. How would you describe Vic’s family growing up? How is this reflected in her own family as an adult?

b. Discuss the theme of family as it applies to Charles Manx, Bing Partridge, and the children at Christmasland. How does Manx justify his actions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Wayne Carmody in "Bad Mother, December 16, 2011-July 6, 2012." How old is Wayne in the beginning of the chapter? What is Wayne’s relationship like with his father? What is his relationship like with Vic?

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