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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. What island do the survivors in "The Legend of Old Buck" arrive to?

2. What does the Arctic current collide with to form a white cloud in the ocean water?

3. Who is White Cloud?

4. What does Caleb begin to help build for the colonial troops?

5. In "The Legend of Old Buck" who rescues the survivors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Robert Austin?

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

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

4. How did the British make it difficult for American's to reach their supplies?

5. Who are Sam and Jack in "Currituck Jack"?

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

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

8. Who is Don Carlos?

9. Who is Polly in "Currituck Jack"?

10. Describe Tim's new wife.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the relationship of destruction to life's commencement in "The Beckoning Hands" by looking at the events that occur in the story.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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