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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. In Session 25, Annie describes how her mother told her that she had been accused of having an affair with whom when she was young?

2. With what weapon did Annie kill her abductor?

3. 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?

4. Annie's psychiatrist asks her to make a list of all of the people who what in Session 17?

5. In Session 19, Annie relates to her psychiatrist how she called Christina and suggested she wanted to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to each of Annie's mother's marriages, as described in Session 26?

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

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

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

5. What police were called in by the small-town cops to work with Annie, as described in Session 20? How are they described?

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

7. Why does Annie arrive for an unscheduled visit with her psychiatrist in Session 22?

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

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

10. What obstacles led to Annie's mother's eventual arrest and conviction, as described in Session 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Define post-traumatic stress disorder and examine how this disorder relates to the protagonist of the novel. What is Annie's emotional standing as she comes to terms with her past?

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the motifs of murder and grief in the narrative. Before her abduction, what experience had Annie had with grief?

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