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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 relative is Hannah named after?

2. How old does Matthias realize that Lena is when he is in the hospital preparing to see her?

3. At what temperature does skin burn?

4. How many days has Lena been missing on page 29?

5. What color did Lena's abductor die her hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sister Ruth?

2. Where is Jonathan, and how is he doing after he is taken from the cabin?

3. What do Hannah and her brother eat every day?

4. What does Hannah remember about her mother's accident?

5. What is the first thing that Hannah draws, and what does she say about her drawing?

6. What do Matthias and Karin think when they see Hannah?

7. What did Jasmin think she did to her abductor, and what do the police reveal happened?

8. What happened when Lena told her abductor to just get the rape over with after the children went to bed?

9. What does Jasmin tell the police when they inform her that her abductor and Jonathan have been found?

10. Why were the windows not a way that Lena could escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author returns to Jasmin’s story two weeks after she has returned home. Has Jasmin improved in the two weeks since she returned home? How would her progress be described? Is she recovering?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does the author use more metaphors or similes in the novel? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers make the writing more interesting?

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