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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. Who does Maggie say lets her get away with sleeping in the library from time to time in "The Librarian, 1991"?
2. Where does Vic run to escape from Charlie Manx in the kitchen in "Sleigh House, 1996"?
3. In "Disappearances, 1991-1996," the narrator describes Marta Gregorski as being an immigrant from where?
4. What kind of car does Charlie Manx drive when he travels to kidnap children?
5. 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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are the deaths of Bing’s parents described in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
2. How does the narrator describe Charlie Manx’s history in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
3. Where does Vic first see Charlie Manx in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Where does Vic run to flee?
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 the lost object that Vic goes in search of in the beginning of "The Librarian, 1991"?
6. What does Charlie Manx say to Nurse Thornton when he speaks in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
7. How does Maggie introduce herself and the setting where Vic has arrived in "The Librarian, 1991"?
8. How does Nurse Thornton react to Manx’s “awakening” in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"? What do the doctors observe of his condition?
9. What happens to Vic when she returns from the Library across the Shorter Way Bridge in "The Librarian, 1991"?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Charlie Manx’s offer to Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990." How frequently does Charlie say he brings a child to Christmasland? How does Charlie describe Christmasland? What does Charlie tell Bing they are saving the children from? How does Charlie ask Bing to prepare for their work together?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the death of Bing Partridge’s parents in NOS4A2. How did Bing’s mother and father die? Does Bing feel he was responsible for their deaths? What motive would Bing have had for killing his parents?
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