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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the Queen of Sounds?
(a) It hits an iceberg.
(b) It sinks.
(c) It is attacked by pirates.
(d) It explodes into fire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How many months do the Mattamuskeet's land burn?
(a) 12 months.
(b) 14 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) 11 months.

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

12. Who does the pirate kidnap?
(a) An old lady's daughter.
(b) An old man's son.
(c) Caroline.
(d) An old lady's son.

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

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

15. What do the Mattamuskeet's decide they must do in order to be blessed with rain?
(a) Meditate quietly.
(b) Move elsewhere.
(c) Sacrifice one of their people.
(d) Pray constantly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl confess to her parents in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

3. Why does Donald leave to go to America?

4. What is Joe's job?

5. In "The Core Point Ghosts" what does the girl do as a result of her emotions?

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