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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the person wake from his dream and go to in "The Beckoning Hands"?
(a) Through the tunnel that connects the mansion to the shore.
(b) Outside in the garden.
(c) To the library.
(d) The Hallway from his dream.

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

3. What do the police never find as a result of the accident?
(a) The reason the caboose detached.
(b) Joe's head.
(c) The other conductor's body.
(d) Joe's body.

4. What do the locals of Maco welcome about the legend of the Mcao lights?
(a) Tourists.
(b) A scientific explanation.
(c) A ghost story.
(d) A special on TV about it.

5. What color is the flower that Joe sees and begins to plant along the Outer Banks?
(a) Yellow-red.
(b) Pinkish-red.
(c) Blue-green.
(d) Yellow-orange.

6. Who does Joe signal to on the job?
(a) The passengers.
(b) No one.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The engineer.

7. What year did Alan Scott's parents die in "The Fountain of Mercy"?
(a) 1719.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1717.
(d) 1716.

8. Who is Ann?
(a) Alan's sister.
(b) Alan's late mother.
(c) Alan's cousin.
(d) Alan's late daughter.

9. What does the person realize upon waking up in "The Beckoning Hands"?
(a) That he needs to leave the house.
(b) That he has found the missing bride, Caroline.
(c) That he doesn't know where he is.
(d) That the house is haunted.

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

11. What does the person find after waking in "The Beckoning Hands"?
(a) A mysterious note.
(b) Books.
(c) A gun and bloody cloth.
(d) A trapdoor with a skeleton occupying its sealed room below.

12. Who gets involved with the girl's situation in "The Core Point Ghosts"?
(a) The whole town.
(b) No one.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her late fiance's parents.

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

14. Who is killed in battle in "The Core Point Ghosts"?
(a) An officer, who had three children.
(b) A young boy, who was engaged to a girl.
(c) A young girl, who was engaged to a boy.
(d) A drummer boy.

15. Where is Joe's body found?
(a) In a lake.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) By the tracks.
(d) In a swamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the land like for the Mattamuskeet Indians prior to the drought?

2. Who does Alan go to live with after his parents die?

3. When can people say they can hear the mother and baby crying for one another?

4. How long does it take for Alan to be rescued after he sees Ann in his dream?

5. What side of the war is Donald on?

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