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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 many fishermen were there who fed Margot in "Things Go Missing in the Night"?

2. In "Beyond the Black Stump," how many cloves of garlic does Gretel's mother use in her great breakfast feasts?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how long do fights between Gretel and Sarah last?

4. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," who filled the bag that Margot carried?

5. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how old is Gretel in a memory she remembers while a man is at the house fixing a window?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Beyond the Stump," what are mornings like when Gretel's mother remembers?

2. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say that she would have done if she really cared about her mother?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what happens when the man fixing the window leaves?

4. In "Beyond the Stump," how does Sarah spend much of her time?

5. In "Beyond the Stump," why does the morgue attendant say that there is a bell on the toe of a corpse?

6. In "Beyond the Stump," how did Gretel live after her mother left her?

7. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say about the past?

8. In "Beyond the Stump," where did Sarah meet Charlie?

9. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did the narrator say went missing in the night as Margot got to wilder land?

10. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Gretel dream of instead of Italy, Peru, or New Zealand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fiona can sometimes see things that are going to happen in the future. What are some premonitions that Fiona has? Can Fiona change the future? How do premonitions affect Fiona and other characters?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is a story that might have happened, but did not. Why is the genre of the novel realistic fiction and not historical fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Johnson skips through time in relating events in Everything Under. How does Johnson use shifts in time as a narrative technique? Is there a clear division between past and present? How do the shifts in time affect how readers understand the story and characters?

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