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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 does Frenchy begin to attempt to contact obsessively?

2. What does Joe use to try and make his whereabouts known?

3. What do people begin to see close to the train station after Joe's death?

4. Who does Frenchy begin to date in "The Queen of Sounds"?

5. Where do Alan and his grandparents travel to Jamestown from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Frenchy.

2. Why did Donald travel to America?

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

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

5. What is Josephine's dying request?

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

7. What is the Queen of Sounds?

8. What is significant about the Payne family and "Rodanthe's Drum of Old Christmas"?

9. What does Alan dream about?

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

Compare and contrast Old Christmas to today's, modern Christmas by analyzing "The Legend of Old Buck" to see how and why Old Christmas evolved into what we know Christmas to be now.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the relationship of destruction to life's commencement in "The Beckoning Hands" by looking at the events that occur in the story.

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