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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 are the only flowers that Hannah sees in her grandparents' garden?

2. When Lena was in labor with Sara, how long does Hannah remember that Fraulein Tinky was outside?

3. What is the dress like that is in the box for the children?

4. What does Kirsten find in Jasmin's chest of drawers wrapped in a pair of socks?

5. When Kirsten comes to see Jasmin for the first time after the abduction, where does Jasmin want Kirsten to look for something?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Matthias get Hannah inside his house when he brings her home and journalists are outside?

2. What does Jasmin have in her dresser that she asks Kirsten to find for her?

3. What comfort does Jasmin get from being surrounded by Lena's story and photos?

4. What upsets Kirsten in Jasmin's bedroom?

5. How is Jonathan coping at the trauma center?

6. What memory does Jasmin have of being very cold at the cabin?

7. On pages 215-216, who comes to see Jasmin?

8. How and where did Lena draw stars for Hannah?

9. What does Matthias remember when he drives Hannah to his house?

10. What does Jasmin remember about the recirculation unit breaking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

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