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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. When Hannah draws in the hospital, what color dress does she give her mother?

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

3. What does Lena remember her abductor changing into their first evening together as a family?

4. What is the man doing when he tells Lena he wants three children?

5. When does Lena remember that she vanished from the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jasmin get in the mail on page 143?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What happened to Lena Beck?

10. What rules did Lena's abductor have for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Kirsten is shocked when she sees Jasmin. Why is Kirsten shocked when she sees Jasmin and her bedroom? What do Kirsten’s reactions convey about Jasmin’s mental state and how she is doing?

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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