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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 tied to the deck face up, while the freezing rain pours down?

2. What do Elnora and Roanoke escape in?

3. What does Tim Farrow do for a living?

4. How old is the tree in "Indian Gallows"?

5. In "The Legend of Old Buck" who does the person that continues to inhabit the woods specifically watch over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ending of "Currituck Jack".

2. What happens when Polly finally cataches Fame?

3. Who is Don Carlos?

4. What is the literal white cloud in "White Cloud"?

5. What is the importance of Susannah Evans in "The Affair at Brownrigg Mill"?

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

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

8. What happens to Prince Roanoke?

9. Describe the tree from "Indian Gallows" on Colington Island in North Carolina.

10. What is the Dram Tree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the title of "The Jobellflower" to the content of its story.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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