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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 does the girl confess to her parents in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

2. What is Donald shot by?

3. What happens to the train Joe is conductor of?

4. What does Frenchy invest in?

5. Who pleads for Prince Pamlico's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Alan and his grandparents at the end of "The Fountain of Mercy"?

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

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

5. What is Josephine's dying request?

6. Why did Donald travel to America?

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

8. Why does the Queen of Sounds explode?

9. What happens to Joe Baldwin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the symbolism of Donald McDonald's drum which is later owned by the Payne family in "Rodanthe's Drum of Old Christmas".

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

Analyze and explain how Roanoke's inner state from "Indian Gallows" is reflected by his return to King Cashie and the Tuscarora Tribe.

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