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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 times was Lena allowed to use the toilet?

2. How long did Lena's abductor have the children brush their teeth?

3. How many times does Hannah tell Sister Ruth that the recirculation unit at the cabin has malfunctioned?

4. How does Sister Ruth say that they are looking for the cabin where Hannah lives?

5. How does a policeman say that Lena got her scar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Lena Beck?

2. What does Hannah remember about her mother's accident?

3. What happened when Lena told her abductor to just get the rape over with after the children went to bed?

4. What is Jasmin's neighbor doing for her since she is back at her apartment?

5. What does Jasmin tell the police when they inform her that her abductor and Jonathan have been found?

6. What do Hannah and her brother eat every day?

7. What does Lena remember about her abduction?

8. Why were the windows not a way that Lena could escape?

9. What did Jasmin think she did to her abductor, and what do the police reveal happened?

10. What did Lena see when she first saw Hannah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kirsten is raped and Jasmin is abducted. How do the women deal with their trauma? What is revealed about the women through the way that they deal with trauma?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Dear Child?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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