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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 Josephine ask Joe to do?

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

3. What does Caroline's mother die from?

4. What does the person realize upon waking up in "The Beckoning Hands"?

5. What happens to Josephine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Whedbee's close attention to the lights in "The Mysterious Maco Lights"?

2. What do people claim they can see after Joe's death?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Caroline's mother die?

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

9. Why does the Queen of Sounds explode?

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

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

Analyze and discuss how the last story of "Outer Banks and Seaside Stories" with "The Queen of Sounds" suggests a noteworthy skepticism in the belief the readers have in these legends. How does this story specifically suggest to the reader that's these stories should be taken with a grain of salt?

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