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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 cloves of garlic does Gretel's mother use in her great breakfast feasts?

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

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how long did Gretel think that Marcus/Margot was with her and her mother on the boat?

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

5. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did the fishermen feed Margot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Beyond the Stump," where did Gretel and Sarah live after the boat and before the stable?

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

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

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

Mood is used to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. What is the overall mood of the novel? Does the mood change in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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