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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. In what time period did the person from the legend in "The Gray Man of Hatteras" live?

2. Who does "The Legend of Old Buck" give credit to killing the dragon?

3. What does the ship become caught in, in "The Legend of Old Buck"?

4. Who is gravely ill from the British's abuse?

5. Where is the man from who White Cloud nurses back to health from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Dram Tree?

2. Who is Don Carlos?

3. What happens after Elnora and Roanoke arrive in Edenton?

4. Who is Polly in "Currituck Jack"?

5. Who is Prince Roanoke?

6. What did Saint George do, according to "The Legend of Old Buck"?

7. What happens to Bucca on the voyage to America?

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

9. What does the legend say Old Buck continues to look after?

10. What does Don Carlos want to do in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the role that American wars play throughout the stories in "Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories". How is history a critical element to the content of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast modern society's response to pregnancy out of wedlock to the way society responded to the girl's from "The Core Point Ghosts". Do you think her guilt was equal to her crime?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain the relationship of Christmas to "The Legend of Old Buck" and how Saint George killing the dragon relates to children receiving gifts at Christmastime.

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