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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. What time does Meredith step outside with the kids on page 100 and notice it is 60 degrees?

2. What was Josh doing when Meredith and Delilah disappeared?

3. Who finds Delilah when she goes missing the first night she is home?

4. On page 76, how long has Shelby been missing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is Delilah imprisoned?

3. Whose body is found by the river?

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

5. How does Delilah avoid being recaptured?

6. What do Bea and Kate learn when they go to Shelby Tebow's house when they are canvassing the neighborhood after Meredith and Delilah's disappearance?

7. Where does Meredith meet a potential new doula client in March after a yoga class and why?

8. How does Delilah try to keep herself in shape and why?

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

10. What happened when Delilah tried not eating?

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

Everyone is supposed to treat Leo kindly at school because his mother is dead and his sister is gone. How is Leo treated at school? Why is he bullied?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Local Woman Missing to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

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