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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Caroline's mother die from?
(a) Grief.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Misery.
(d) Starvation.

4. 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.

5. What happens to Joe?
(a) He is crushed on impact of the train's collision.
(b) He breaks his neck and dies.
(c) He breaks both of his legs.
(d) His body flies into the air and his head is decapitated.

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

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

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

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

10. Who does Alan go to live with after his parents die?
(a) His aunt and uncle.
(b) His cosuin.
(c) His godparents.
(d) His grandparents.

11. What is the name of the family Donald marries into?
(a) Panie.
(b) Payne.
(c) Pane.
(d) Paine.

12. What is the land like for the Mattamuskeet Indians prior to the drought?
(a) Poor.
(b) Rich.
(c) Spare.
(d) Paradisal.

13. When can people say they can hear the mother and baby crying for one another?
(a) Every spring.
(b) On nights with a full moon.
(c) On the anniversary of the baby's death.
(d) On the anniversary of the girl's death.

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

15. What does Josephine ask Joe to do?
(a) To continue planting flowers after she is gone.
(b) To continue their travels after she is gone.
(c) To giver her a kiss?
(d) To massage her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Caroline on her wedding day?

2. What do people believe brought Alan and his grandparents's miracle?

3. Who gets involved with the girl's situation in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

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

5. What do the police never find as a result of the accident?

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