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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people say can still be heard at the end of "The Queen of Sounds"?
(a) The casino.
(b) A saxophone.
(c) A piano playing.
(d) Screams.

2. What are the Outer Banks like when Joe and Josephine Bell live?
(a) Virtually unpopulated.
(b) Very busy.
(c) Moderately busy.
(d) Mainly inhabited by fisherman.

3. What does Alan realize after adhering to Ann's prompts?
(a) His family is alive.
(b) A ship is approaching to rescue him.
(c) The water tastes sweet, not salty.
(d) He is no longer thirsty.

4. What happens to make the rain fall in "The Legend of Mattamuskeet Lake"?
(a) The tribe's prayers.
(b) Wateesha's sacrifice.
(c) Wacheeta's prayers.
(d) The Great Spirit listens to the tribe's prayers.

5. What does the girl give to her father in "The Core Point Ghosts"?
(a) Her baby.
(b) Her dead baby.
(c) Her engagement ring.
(d) Her money.

6. In "The Core Point Ghosts" what does the girl do as a result of her emotions?
(a) Hurts herself and the baby.
(b) Kills herself.
(c) Murders her baby.
(d) Leaves town.

7. What is wrong with the people in "The Legend of Mattamuskeet Lake"?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are thirsty.
(c) They are starving because the food has dried up.
(d) They are lost.

8. In "The Beckoning Hands" what does the person dream of their first night in the mansion?
(a) A suspicious murder.
(b) Caroline tripping and falling in a trap door.
(c) A skeleton trapped.
(d) Beckoning hands.

9. Where do Alan and his grandparents travel to Jamestown from?
(a) Hatteras Island.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Boston.
(d) Greensboro.

10. How long does it take for Alan to be rescued after he sees Ann in his dream?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 4 days.

11. What does Joe see after his train comes to a complete stop?
(a) A floating light.
(b) An Express train.
(c) Another detached caboose.
(d) Another train.

12. Who does Frenchy begin to attempt to contact obsessively?
(a) Satan.
(b) His late wife.
(c) His late parents.
(d) God.

13. What happens to Josephine?
(a) She gets sick and dies.
(b) She goes blind.
(c) She gets ill and loses her ability to speak.
(d) She leaves Joe.

14. Why does Donald leave to go to America?
(a) He's following his love.
(b) He must escape England.
(c) He does not want to battle anymoe.
(d) He wants a new start.

15. What President does Whedbee mention experiences the mysteries of the Maco Lights?
(a) President Hoover.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person find after waking in "The Beckoning Hands"?

2. What does the author presume about the reader's and the lights in "The Mysterious Maco Lights"?

3. Who built the mansion in "The Beckoning Hands"?

4. What does Caroline's mother die from?

5. What color is the flower that Joe sees and begins to plant along the Outer Banks?

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