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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joe Baldwin?
(a) A railroad passenger.
(b) A railroad man.
(c) A railroad engineer.
(d) A railroad station operator.

2. How does the girl in "The Core Point Ghosts" feel about her situation?
(a) Very guilty.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

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

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

5. What happens to Caroline on her wedding day?
(a) She trips and breaks her ankle.
(b) She leaves town.
(c) She falls out a window.
(d) She vanishes.

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

7. How old is Donald during the war?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 14 years old.
(c) 13 years old.
(d) 12 years old.

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

9. Where is the girl hanged in "The Core Point Ghosts"?
(a) On a tree by the river.
(b) At home.
(c) On the tree above her baby's grave.
(d) In the town square.

10. What do people begin to see close to the train station after Joe's death?
(a) A floating light.
(b) A floating head.
(c) A headless body.
(d) A floating train.

11. What becomes unbearable while Alan and his grandparents wait to be rescued?
(a) His delirium.
(b) The need for sleep.
(c) The lack of food.
(d) The heat and thrist.

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

13. When does the apparition always appear in the windows of the mansion?
(a) Each New Year's.
(b) Each 4th of July.
(c) Each Christmas.
(d) Each Easter.

14. What does Joe use to try and make his whereabouts known?
(a) Smoke.
(b) His screams.
(c) A flashing light.
(d) His lantern.

15. How does Donald finally reach America after his ship wrecks?
(a) He swims to shore.
(b) He floats on his drum after his ship sinks.
(c) He is rescued by a passing ship.
(d) He clings to a swimming bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is killed in battle in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

2. What overwhelms the girl in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

3. What does the Maco Station change after Joe's accident?

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

5. Who's homes do Joe and Josephine typically stay in?

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