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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. When he introduces himself to Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990," Charlie Manx describes himself as the CEO of what company?
(a) Christmasland Enterprises.
(b) Sleigh House Enterprises.
(c) NorChemPharm.
(d) Gunbarrel Enterprises.

2. What kind of crew does Bing Partridge oversee at his job in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) A demolition crew.
(b) An investigative unit.
(c) A grave-digging crew.
(d) A janitorial crew.

3. What is Nurse Thornton’s first name in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"?
(a) Erica.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ellen.

4. Where is Rory McCombers abducted from in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"?
(a) Gunbarrel, Colorado.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Here, Iowa.
(d) Baltimore, Maryland.

5. Where does Bing Partridge work in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?
(a) The Supermax prison infirmary.
(b) Jackson’s Tire Repair.
(c) Pete’s Taco Stand.
(d) NorChemPharm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The white house that Vic finds on “The Other End of the Bridge” is described as being what style in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

2. What is the little boy wearing in the photograph that Vic is looking for in "The Librarian, 1991"?

3. What kind of music plays from the Rolls-Royce that follows Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. What is on the license plate of the black Rolls-Royce that Bing sees following him in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

5. After storming out of her house in "Disappearances, 1991-1996," Vic ends up falling asleep below a bridge under what highway?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose disappearance is described first in "Disappearances, 1991-1996"? Where does this abduction take place?

2. How are the trees and car described that Vic encounters on “The Other End of the Bridge” in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

3. What foreshadowing does the narrator allude to when Charlie Manx appears to Bing Partridge in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

4. What happens to Vic when she returns from the Library across the Shorter Way Bridge in "The Librarian, 1991"?

5. How does Nurse Thornton react to Manx’s “awakening” in "Season's Greetings, December 2008"? What do the doctors observe of his condition?

6. How does the narrator describe the lost object that Vic goes in search of in the beginning of "The Librarian, 1991"?

7. How does Vic find help in her escape in "Sleigh House, 1996"? Who helps Vic?

8. What does Charlie Manx tell Bing he must do in order to get to Christmasland in "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

9. What advertisement is described in the beginning of "Spicy Menace, 1990"?

10. What happens when the little boy in the car grabs Vic by the wrist in "Sleigh House, 1996"?

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