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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," how many times a day does Gretel's mother ask who she is or tell her to leave?

2. In "Beyond the Black Stump," where does Gretel take her mother when she is well enough?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," where did Gretel sit and search for her mother on her laptop after leaving the Travelodge?

4. In "Beyond the Black Stump," what color does Gretel say that her mother's eyes are?

5. In "Beyond the Black Stump, where did Sarah work in 1978?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say about the corpse and why it is not her mother?

4. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how was Gretel greeted at Roger and Laura's house?

5. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Margot have in the bag that Fiona packed for her?

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

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

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

9. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," why did Margot hide in the bushes?

10. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel do for a living, and how does she work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Gretel says at the end of the novel that the “places we are born come back to us” (263). What does Gretel mean by that statement? Based upon the storyline, how does the place where Gretel is born come back to her?

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