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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. On page 67, what is the name of a neighbor Lena remembers?

2. What times was Lena allowed to use the toilet?

3. How old is Lena when she disappears?

4. When Hannah is taking a nap in the staffroom at the hospital, where does she dream that she is?

5. What was the name of Kirsten's cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lena remember about her abduction?

2. What did Lena think about Jonathan when she first saw him?

3. What is the first thing that Hannah draws, and what does she say about her drawing?

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

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

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

7. On page 2, what has Lena lost and gained?

8. What did Lena's abductor look like on their first evening together as a family?

9. What does Hannah tell Sister Ruth about the cabin where she and her family live?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow the author to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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