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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 "Things Go Missing in the Night," what was the occupation of the woman Gretel found online that she thought might be Marcus's mother?

2. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Charlie offer Margot to eat?

3. In "Beyond the Black Stump," where did Gretel get a room for the night?

4. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how long did Charlie say that he had been looking for his child?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah believes that free will is a mirage, and Margo believes that she is doomed to kill her father and have sex with her mother. What does the author communicate about fate and free will through various characters?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Margot learns about something called the canal thief from fishermen she meets. What or who is the canal thief? What does the canal thief symbolize?

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