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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 "The Beckoning Hands" what does the person dream of their first night in the mansion?

2. How does Donald finally reach America after his ship wrecks?

3. What happens to Josephine?

4. What does Ann tell Alan to do?

5. How old is Donald during the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joe and Josephine Bell like to spend their time doing?

2. Why do people think the light they see is Joe?

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

4. What happens to Joe Baldwin?

5. What happens to the girl in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

6. How does the Maco Train Station respond to Joe's death?

7. Why does a man rent the mansion from "The Beckoning Hands"?

8. Why did Donald travel to America?

9. Why was Caroline's dad cursed in "The Beckoning Hands"

10. Who is the Great Spirit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the role guilt plays on characters in both "The Beckoning Hands" and "The Core Point Ghosts".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Whedbee's stories are presented as factual information rather than legend or myth? How does this method help the reader relate differently to the stories overall?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain the significance of the motif of peril on water and what Whedbee is suggesting with this repeated image and conflict for the character's.

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