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

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

3. How many days has Lena been missing on page 29?

4. When Lena shoved her abductor, where was he briefly wounded?

5. What did Lena watch while her abductor dressed her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Matthias remember about Lena's last day before she disappeared?

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

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

6. Where is Jonathan, and how is he doing after he is taken from the cabin?

7. What happened when Lena refused to use the toilet before bedtime?

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

9. Why does the woman in the hospital tell the policemen that her name is Lena?

10. Why is Jonathan cleaning stains on the carpet at the cabin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Dr. Hamstedt is considering whether Hannah has Asperger’s syndrome and autism. Why is Dr. Hamstedt considering a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome and autism for Hannah? Why does that seem to be a logical diagnosis for Hannah?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal, meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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