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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Don Carlos?

2. What did the grand jury write on the indictment papers to dismiss the woman who was accused of witchcraft in North Carolina?

3. Who is White Cloud?

4. What color eyes does the traveler on the canoe have?

5. Where is the only other widespread North Carolinian story about witches set in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one widespread story about witchcraft in North Carolina?

2. What happens to those in the town that do not like Tim's new wife?

3. In "Indian Gallows" what does King Cashie form in and plan to do?

4. When can those see the Gray Man of Hatteras?

5. Why does Tim hide in his mill?

6. Who is Prince Roanoke?

7. What happens to the cat at the end of "The Affair at Brownrigg Mill"?

8. What is the Dram Tree?

9. Who is Don Carlos?

10. What happened if one did not contribute or take a dram from the Dram Tree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the role war plays in the stories "Currituck Jack" and "Rodanthe's Drum of Old Christmas".

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain how the legend of "The Affair at Brownrigg Mill" could be passed down if both Tim and the town all die from the witch's curse? Who might the narrator be?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain how in the story "The Mysterious Maco Lights" the Maco Lights become so incorporated with the Maco locals that they begin treating Joe's bobbling light as scientific explanation to the light phenomenon at Maco Station.

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