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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 happens if a sailor or ship does not comply with the dram tree's rules?

2. Who sneaks a knife to his comrades in the hold of the ship?

3. Who still wanders through the woods according to "The Legend of Old Buck"?

4. Who is White Cloud?

5. What does the Arctic current collide with to form a white cloud in the ocean water?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Don Carlos?

2. What happened if one did not contribute or take a dram from the Dram Tree?

3. What did Saint George do, according to "The Legend of Old Buck"?

4. How did the British make it difficult for American's to reach their supplies?

5. Describe Tim's new wife.

6. Describe the tree from "Indian Gallows" on Colington Island in North Carolina.

7. Who is the Gray Man of Hatteras?

8. What does the legend say Old Buck continues to look after?

9. What is the literal white cloud in "White Cloud"?

10. What happens to Bucca on the voyage to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Whedbee introduce people throughout the stories in "Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories" rather than the actual legends and myths. How does that affect the reader's perception of the stories?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast "The Queen of Sounds" to "The Fountain of Mercy" and how good prevails over evil.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the relationship of destruction to life's commencement in "The Beckoning Hands" by looking at the events that occur in the story.

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