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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 to the Queen of Sounds?

2. What happens to Joe?

3. Who does Frenchy begin to attempt to contact obsessively?

4. Who do the Mattamuskeet Indians try to please?

5. What does Ann tell Alan to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Caroline's dad cursed in "The Beckoning Hands"

2. Why was Caroline's mother worried on Caroline's wedding day?

3. How does the girl respond to her baby's birth in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

4. Describe Frenchy.

5. What happens to Alan and his grandparents at the end of "The Fountain of Mercy"?

6. Why do people think the light they see is Joe?

7. What is Josephine's dying request?

8. How does the Maco Train Station respond to Joe's death?

9. Why does the Queen of Sounds explode?

10. Who is Joe Baldwin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Old Christmas to today's, modern Christmas by analyzing "The Legend of Old Buck" to see how and why Old Christmas evolved into what we know Christmas to be now.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why it is essential for Whedbee to be knowledgeable and familiar with the Carolina land to make the telling of the legends in "Outer Banks Mysteries and Seaside Stories" successful.

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