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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. When do Bea and Kate meet Josh in his yard to search for his missing family the morning after he reports them missing?

2. Where does Delilah hide when the man and woman are trying to find her and Gus?

3. What color house do the Haanakas live in when Bea and Kate are canvassing the neighborhood after Meredith and Delilah go missing?

4. Where is Delilah found the first night after she returns?

5. What size does Leo say are the clothes in the closet of his sister's room when the girl returns?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bea come up with a plan to search for Meredith?

2. Who are Kate and Bea and how did they meet?

3. Why does Josh come to Kate and Bea's place around nine p.m. in a rainstorm?

4. What does Cassandra tell Bea and Kate she saw one night when they ask her about Meredith and Delilah's disappearance?

5. Where is Delilah imprisoned?

6. Where is a body found as people look for Meredith and Delilah?

7. What happened when Delilah tried not eating?

8. Why is it chaos at Charlotte's when Bea and Kate pick up Leo?

9. Whose body is found by the river?

10. How did the man and woman capture Gus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Kubica begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Local Woman Missing? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view and then using several narrators help readers connect with and understand the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does Kubica use cliffhangers in Local Woman Missing? How do the cliffhangers create suspense?

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