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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 "Beyond the Black Stump," what did Gretel buy at the petrol station after going to the morgue?

2. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how long was Gretel on her own while Roger and Laura put the children to bed?

3. In "Beyond the Black Stump," where are Gretel's mother shoes when she forget where she left them?

4. In "Beyond the Black Stump," where was the last place that Gretel had lived with her mother?

5. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Gretel decide to call her dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how is the house different when Sarah is there?

2. In "Beyond the Stump," where did Sarah meet Charlie?

3. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," why did Margot hide in the bushes?

4. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," what did Gretel see in Roger and Laura's bedroom?

5. In "Beyond the Stump," how does Sarah spend much of her time?

6. In "Things Go Missing in the Night," how did Laura and Roger find Margot?

7. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say about the corpse and why it is not her mother?

8. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say about the past?

9. In "Beyond the Stump," what did Gretel and her mother do during their last evening together?

10. In "Beyond the Stump," what does Gretel say that she would have done if she really cared about her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters have different ways of speaking and using language. How do Sarah and Gretel create their own language? How does language affect Gretel’s life? What is the importance of language in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Everything Under is a retelling of the Oedipus myth. What elements are common to the story in Everything Under and the Oedipus myth? What do both stories have to do with fate? How does the author use elements from the Oedipus myth to develop the theme of fate?

Essay Topic 3

Different sections of the novel are told from different points of view. What points of view does the author use in the novel? How does using different points of view affect the story and what readers know about characters and events?

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