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

2. With what weapon did Annie kill her abductor?

3. Annie describes in Session 16 how one afternoon, her abductor asked Annie to help him stack what outside?

4. During her interview with the police, Annie's mother confessed to hiding the fact that she hired a kidnapper from the police out of fear of what?

5. In Session 17, Annie tells her psychiatrist that she has begun actually sleeping in her bed rather than where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Annie's mother admit during her interrogation, as related by Annie in Session 25?

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

4. What led to Annie's release from the hospital, as described in Session 21? What happened when Annie left?

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

6. What did Annie's abductor tell her before she killed him, as described in Session 16? What activity were they doing?

7. What conversation with Luke does Annie describe to her therapist in Session 18?

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

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

10. What setback does Annie describe in her emotional progress in Session 17? What led to the setback?

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

Define and analyze the elements of imagery and symbolism in the first nine sessions of the novel. What does the baby represent symbolically to Annie at this point in the reading?

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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