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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mansion from "The Beckoning Hands" connected to?
(a) The shore.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The town's hall.
(d) The road.

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

3. What does the girl confess to her parents in "The Core Point Ghosts"?
(a) That she wanted her fiance to die.
(b) That she did not want to get married.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is sick.

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

5. Who's homes do Joe and Josephine typically stay in?
(a) Hospitable ones.
(b) The homes of locals.
(c) Wealthy ones.
(d) Their own.

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

7. What is Joe's job?
(a) He's a retired war veteran.
(b) He's a train conductor.
(c) He's a janitor.
(d) He's a train engineer.

8. What happens to the pirate after he commits his kidnapping?
(a) He dies.
(b) He and his family are cursed by the old woman.
(c) He gets very ill.
(d) He is blessed.

9. Who do the Mattamuskeet Indians try to please?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) God.
(c) The next village.
(d) Mother Nature.

10. Who pleads for Prince Pamlico's life?
(a) Wacheeta.
(b) Wateesha.
(c) Washeeta.
(d) Waheesha.

11. What does the author presume about the reader's and the lights in "The Mysterious Maco Lights"?
(a) They have heard the legend.
(b) They have not heard the legend.
(c) They have seen the lights.
(d) That the reader might try and find Joe's light themselves.

12. Who comes to stay at the mansion in "The Beckoning Hands"?
(a) An old couple.
(b) A new owner.
(c) The old lady who cursed the pirate and his family.
(d) A man who wants to investigate the apparition.

13. How does the pirate die?
(a) From tuberculosis.
(b) From old age.
(c) From a fever at sea.
(d) From pneumonia.

14. What happens to the train Joe is conductor of?
(a) It is hit and derailed.
(b) It is moved to another track.
(c) It is almost hit by the oncoming train.
(d) It reconnects to its train.

15. Where was Donald shot?
(a) His collar bone.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His chest.
(d) His wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person realize upon waking up in "The Beckoning Hands"?

2. Where does the person wake from his dream and go to in "The Beckoning Hands"?

3. What do people say can still be heard at the end of "The Queen of Sounds"?

4. What year did Alan Scott's parents die in "The Fountain of Mercy"?

5. What do the locals of Maco welcome about the legend of the Mcao lights?

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