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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. In "Beyond the Black Stump," what color was the rental car that Gretel drove to the hospital?

2. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Roger say was the name of his only son when Gretel told him she knew his son?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what color is the wallpaper in the cottage?

4. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what was the name of the girl that Gretel took to the bathroom in Roger and Laura's house?

5. In "Beyond the Black Stump," what does Gretel want to get from her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what makes Gretel realize that her mother notices what is happening to her?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how is the house different when Sarah is there?

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

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

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

7. In "Beyond the Stump," what is happening to Sarah's memories?

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

9. In "Beyond the Stump," what did Gretel and her mother do during their last evening together?

10. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Gretel see in Roger and Laura's bedroom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah began to lose memory and language. How does Sarah decline after she and Gretel reunited? What is revealed about Alzheimer’s and dementia through her decline?

Essay Topic 2

Sarah and Gretel are afraid of something called the Bonak. What is the Bonak? Why does Sarah search for it? How does the Bonak represent fear? Is the Bonak a metaphorical or real creature in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Marcus drowns while Sarah watches. What does Sarah’s decision not to rescue Marcus reveal about her character? What does it reveal about Sarah and fear?

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