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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Alan and his grandparents on their way to Jamestown?

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

3. What color is the flower that Joe sees and begins to plant along the Outer Banks?

4. What war has just ended in "The Mysterious Maco Lights"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Caroline's mother worried on Caroline's wedding day?

2. Describe the yellow-orange flower's significance.

3. What is the significance of Whedbee's close attention to the lights in "The Mysterious Maco Lights"?

4. How does the girl respond to her baby's birth in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

5. What do people claim they can see after Joe's death?

6. Why does the Queen of Sounds explode?

7. Describe how the man who rents the mansion finds Caroline.

8. Who is Donald McDonald?

9. What happens to Alan and his grandparents at the end of "The Fountain of Mercy"?

10. What do people begin to see at New Year's in "The Beckoning Hands"?

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