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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 is Joe's job?

2. What does Joe see after his train comes to a complete stop?

3. Who built the mansion in "The Beckoning Hands"?

4. What happens to make the rain fall in "The Legend of Mattamuskeet Lake"?

5. Why does Donald leave to go to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Josephine's dying request?

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

3. Describe the yellow-orange flower's significance.

4. Describe Frenchy.

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

6. Describe how the man who rents the mansion finds Caroline.

7. Why did Donald travel to America?

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

9. Who is Joe Baldwin?

10. What do people begin to see at New Year's in "The Beckoning Hands"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why it is essential for Whedbee to be knowledgeable and familiar with the Carolina land to make the telling of the legends in "Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories" successful.

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

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

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