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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 "Knock, Knock Wolf," what is the second thing that the girl gave Marcus?

2. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what did Margot remember that she and Fiona would eat for breakfast when Fiona lived in the house next door?

3. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what animals did Margot notice were missing when she shopped at a waterside shop after Charlie's death?

4. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," how many bulls did Fiona say that her father and his men could castrate in an hour?

5. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what would people drink when they came to visit Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what did Fiona write her parents in the only letter she ever wrote them?

2. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what happened when Violet fell in the water at the pool?

3. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," what does Gretel discover after two hours after telling her mother that she is going to be working?

4. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," what signs of the canal thief did Marcus see as he walked?

5. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," how did Margot reinvent herself?

6. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what was Sarah and Gretel's boat like?

7. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what did Roger remember about Margot on his birthday in 1997?

8. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what did Fiona tell Roger and Laura when they asked her about Margot's disappearance?

9. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," what did Gretel tell Fiona about the Bonak?

10. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," why did Gretel go to the river and what did she take with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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