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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. Annie's mother told her in jail that she would have sold what if she could have, in order to repay the loan shark?

2. Lorraine's stepbrother was in prison at the same time as whom?

3. Who is the cop who has been in charge of Annie's case since the day of her abduction?

4. What did the small-town cops accuse Annie of doing after she escaped her abduction?

5. Annie tells the psychiatrist in Session 19 that the police caught a burglar who had been robbing houses in her neighborhood, and he was how old?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie relate about her conversation with her mother over dinner in Session 23?

2. How does Annie describe her time in the hospital in Session 21? What did the police tell Annie about her case?

3. What led to Annie's discussion with her mother about Aunt Val, as she describes in Session 17?

4. What did Christina accuse Annie of when she decided to go to art school, as described in Session 26? How does this interaction end?

5. What does Annie say led to her second attempt at therapy in Session 15?

6. What interaction with Christina does Annie describe in Session 19?

7. What argument does Annie describe with her mother in Session 15?

8. What led to the special session Annie has with her psychiatrist in Session 23?

9. How did Annie kill her abductor? What did she do immediately afterward?

10. Why did Annie go to talk to Gary, as described in Session 24? What did she discover from him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Annie's actions after her escape from her abductor. What was Annie's mindset during this traumatic time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lorraine's motivations for having her daughter abducted. What did Lorraine hope to achieve? Did she succeed?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the setting of the novel. What country is the narrative set in? Where is the location of the cabin? How does the setting lend itself to the suspense within the narrative?

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