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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. After Margot left in 1997, how long were Laura and Roger separated?

2. In 1997, what did Fiona say that she told Margot?

3. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," what did Gretel take to Fiona when she returned to tell her more memories?

4. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," how long did Gretel walk after leaving Roger and Laura's house before she got to the lock?

5. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," how long does Gretel say there will need to be quiet every morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Weather Here Is Bad," what did Roger discover about seven years after Margot disappeared?

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

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 "The Weather Here is Bad," what did Margot think when she saw police officers on the path talking to walkers?

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

6. In "Knock, Knock Wolf," how was the game played?

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

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

9. In "The Dead Man Moving in the Forest," what did Sarah teach Marcus?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gretel has a dream in “Beyond the Black Stump.” How would you describe her dream? What does her dream represent?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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