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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 "The Weather Is Bad," what did Fiona cook for Roger's birthday in 1997?

2. For Roger's birthday in 1997, what did Margot use to decorate the curtain rails?

3. In 1997, what did Laura do after Margot left?

4. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what game did Gretel teach Marcus?

5. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what did Fiona decide she would paint the stairs in a house she bought?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what did Margot dream and see after Charlie's death?

2. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what was it like for Marcus the first night he slept on the boat?

3. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what does Gretel remember about the time Marcus slept on the boat with her and her mother?

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

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

6. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," how did Marcus describe Sarah when he first met her?

7. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what message did Jennifer have for Gretel when she called the office after staying with Roger and Laura?

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

9. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," how does being out of the house affect Sarah when Gretel takes her to her office?

10. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," what did Marcus do and think as he kept going?

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

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 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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