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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 Frenchy invest in?

2. Why does Donald leave to go to America?

3. How long does it take for Alan to be rescued after he sees Ann in his dream?

4. What do Caroline and her mother hold in the mansion year's after the pirate's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Frenchy.

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

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

4. What happens to Joe Baldwin?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the Queen of Sounds explode?

10. What is at conflict in "The Legend of Mattamuskeet Lake"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and explain how in the story "The Mysterious Maco Lights" the Maco Lights become so incorporated with the Maco locals that they begin treating Joe's bobbling light as scientific explanation to the light phenomenon at Maco Station.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the title of "The Jobellflower" to the content of its story.

Essay Topic 3

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".

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