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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is John Shackleford?
(a) Mike's travel agent.
(b) A character in Mike's new book.
(c) The owner of a bait shop.
(d) A local deputy sheriff.

2. With whom does Mike have lunch after his deposition?
(a) Mattie and John.
(b) Charlie Deans.
(c) Mattie and Kyra.
(d) Mattie and Max.

3. What is the condition of Mattie's inheritance from Max Devore?
(a) She has to enroll Kyra in a private school.
(b) She has to agree never to leave the country.
(c) She has to agree to not use her married name.
(d) She has to spend every night at her home for a year.

4. Where do Mike and Kyra run to escape?
(a) The Ghost House.
(b) The Grandstand.
(c) The Hall of Mirrors.
(d) The Fun House.

5. What is hidden inside one of the plastic owls?
(a) A wad of cash.
(b) A key.
(c) A map.
(d) A tin box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sara wearing as she sings at the fair?

2. How much money did Max Devore leave to Mattie in his will?

3. What do the alphabet magnets spell out on the refrigerator when Mike returns home from giving his deposition?

4. How many doors do Mike and Kyra come to in the place in #125?

5. Why does Mike not call the Sheriff to report what Max and Rogette had done to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the sudden disappearance of the refrigerator magnets?

2. What does Mike learn about the deaths of Sara and Kito and why does Jo urge him back to Sara Laughs after he has poured the lye over the bones?

3. What does Mike know that he has to do in order to quell Sara and Kito's spirits and whose spirits does he encounter at the scene of the murders?

4. What senses does Mike experience about a young boy as he walks along the lake?

5. What does Durgin try to get Mike to admit in a deposition?

6. What decision does Mike make regarding Mattie and their relationship and how do his feelings for her ultimately save his life?

7. What are some of the haunting events at Sara Laughs and why won't Mike leave?

8. In what way do Max and Rogette terrorize Mike after his sensory experience regarding the young Negro boy?

9. Why does Mike categorize Elmer Durgin as an ELFF?

10. Why does Mike struggle with the feelings that are growing for Mattie?

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