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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. Where is Joe's body found?

2. What does the person realize upon waking up in "The Beckoning Hands"?

3. What does Ann tell Alan to do?

4. What overwhelms the girl in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

5. Who do the Mattamuskeet Indians try to please?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joe Baldwin?

2. What happens to the girl's fiance in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

3. What is at conflict in "The Legend of Mattamuskeet Lake"?

4. What happens to the girl in "The Core Point Ghosts"?

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

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

7. Who is Alan Scott?

8. What did Joe and Josephine Bell like to spend their time doing?

9. What is significant about the Payne family and "Rodanthe's Drum of Old Christmas"?

10. Who is the Great Spirit?

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

Analyze and explain how the legend of "The Affair at Brownrigg Mill" could be passed down if both Tim and the town all die from the witch's curse? Who might the narrator be?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain the relationship of Christmas to "The Legend of Old Buck" and how Saint George killing the dragon relates to children receiving gifts at Christmastime.

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