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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. Where did Chevy Stevens grow up?

2. For how many days did Annie's abductor leave her alone, as told to her therapist in Session 8?

3. Chevy Stevens worked first as a rep for a giftware company and then as what?

4. Who is Lorraine's stepbrother in the novel?

5. How did Annie pass the time while alone in the cabin, as described in Session 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie describe having done to survive the emotionally taxing parts of her captivity in Session 5?

2. What interaction did Annie have with her captor upon first awakening in the cabin, as described in Session 2?

3. Describe the bath given to Annie by her abductor, as described in Session 3. What did she call the abductor?

4. How and when did Annie's feelings about her pregnancy change, as described in Session 9?

5. Why did Annie''s abductor let her outside for the first time, as described in Session 10? What did he relate to her during this trip?

6. How did Annie's abductor respond to her passivity when he attempted to rape her? What threats does Annie describe in Session 5 that changed her response to the abductor?

7. Where was Annie when she went into labor? How does she describe this time in Session 11?

8. What did Annie learn about her abductor's history after discovering her pregnancy, as described in Session 7?

9. What took place on the morning of Annie's abduction, as described in Session 1?

10. What did Annie's abductor seek to gain from her? Did he achieve his objective in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of Aunt Val in the narrative. What relationship does Annie describe between Lorraine and Aunt Val?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of the media in the novel and the author's insinuations through her depictions. Do you believe the media exploits the victims of crimes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the emotional and physical status of Annie in her seventh month of captivity. How has her character changed during the abduction?

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