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Mary Downing HahnTook: A Ghost Story
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How are Daniel and Erica’s lives different from when they lived in Fairfield, Connecticut? How does this contribute to the way they behave in their new home of Woodville, West Virginia?
What is Little Erica’s role in Took? Do you think Old Auntie could have gotten through to Erica without the doll?
How does the state of the farmhouse reflect the mental state of Daniel and Erica’s family throughout the novel?
Aside from putting them under a spell, how does Auntie influence Erica and Selene? Why do you think Auntie always picks young girls to kidnap?
Explain the importance of the O’Neills. Could Daniel have solved Erica’s disappearance without them? Why or why not?
Did you find the locals’ reaction to tales of Auntie and Selene’s reappearance realistic? What does this reaction say about the power of storytelling—especially in a small town?
The novel doesn’t specify how Miss Perkins is related to Auntie, but both are old and knowledgeable in magic. How do you think the two witches are related?
What lesson does Daniel learn regarding his treatment of Erica? How does he prove he’s changed?
How do Mother and Father change throughout the novel? How does the tension between them contribute to the novel’s theme of isolation?
What is Bloody Bones’s role in the story? How does Auntie use Bloody Bones to control her victims?
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