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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 happened to Bryce's wife?

2. Where do they find the housekeeper?

3. What is hunting in the woods outside Snowfield?

4. Who is taken from the market without a trace?

5. What is odd about Hilda's bruising?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bryce decide that the group should split up on the way to the Oxley residence?

2. Bryce decides not to risk anyone else and goes back to the police station where the phone is now working. Who does he call and why?

3. What conditions do Lisa and Jennifer discover in the house next door that are odd and out of place?

4. What message do they find at Candleglow Inn and what horrifies them as they are leaving?

5. What is different about the condition of the bodies in the bakery as opposed to everywhere else in town?

6. What is odd about the condition of Paul Henderson and his surroundings?

7. What indicators prompt Jake to wait outside Gilmartin's Market for the Sheriff before entering?

8. In what way do Jennifer and Lisa see the town differently as they arrive?

9. What abilities are revealed by the creature to the fox hunting in the surrounding woods?

10. Who goes to see Dr. Timothy Flyte and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Dr. Timothy Flyte? What is his significance to this story? What information does he have to contribute? How does he help to identify the entity responsible for the situation in Snowfield? What history does he provide about this entity and how far back in time does the existence of this entity go? What other mass disappearances are likely attributed to it:? What surprises does Flyte get when he learns about the entity first hand from those in Snowfield?

Essay Topic 2

What exactly is the Ancient Enemy? What reason does it have for its behavior? How does it view the human race? Why is it likely that it feels superior to the human race? How does it view Timothy Flyte in the beginning and why? What offer does it make to Timothy Flyte and how does it communicate this offer directly to him? Why is it important to the Ancient Enemy that Flyte be present and what does the entity hope to gain from his presence?

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between Jennifer and Lisa? Why have they been estranged for so many years and what circumstances have now put them together? How is the age difference significant to their relationship thus far? What misconception has Jennifer been under for many years that Lisa is finally able to clear up, and how does this affect Jennifer overall? What might have been different had Jennifer known the truth earlier?

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