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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 name does Elmer Durgin refer to Mattie as?

2. What medication does Mike give to Kyra?

3. Which of the following does Mike NOT hear when he returns home after giving his deposition?

4. What does Mattie share with Mike during their picnic?

5. Mike discovers that it was ________________ who was with Jo at the softball game in 1994.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the devastating effect of the shooter's gunfire at Mattie's house?

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

3. What horrible acts is Mike driven to commit on Kyra and himself?

4. How does Mike find out about Max's suicide and what is the expected reaction from Mike and Mattie about the death?

5. How does Jo help Mike during his assault by Max and Rogette?

6. What does Frank tell Mike about being with Jo at Sara Laughs shortly before she died?

7. What preoccupies Mike's mind regardless of all the supernatural things going on around him?

8. Describe Mike's experience of "time travel" at the Fryeburg County Fair in 1900.

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

10. Why does Mrs. Meserve resign as Mike's housekeeper and what is Mike's reaction to her resignation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mattie Devore was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you about Mattie's life through this book, what were her biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did she manage through them? How did her coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of her life? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Grief takes on an almost human persona in this book. What are some examples of grief? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Mike learns from the haunting of Sara Tidwell? Is it true that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Mike always recall about his haunting experiences with Sara?

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