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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Molly talk when Meg comes to see her?
(a) She is in a coma.
(b) She has a breathing tube.
(c) She had surgery.
(d) She is too weak.

2. What does Tierny stop doing when Molly gets sick?
(a) Playing on the team.
(b) Studying with Molly.
(c) Calling Molly.
(d) Writing poetry.

3. How does Lydia feel about Will's visits to the house?
(a) She tolerates them.
(b) She likes them.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She ignores them.

4. What does Meg notice her parents do less when Molly comes home from the hospital?
(a) Smile.
(b) Talk.
(c) Read.
(d) Eat.

5. Who tells Molly to take a break with helping Maria?
(a) Will.
(b) Ben.
(c) Maria.
(d) Meg.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charles describe dying?

2. What does Charles hear about Ben and Maria that he doesn't like?

3. What is Meg doing when she realizes that Molly is dying?

4. What allows Meg to be strong in her grief?

5. Why does Maria ask Meg to do something during her birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maria ask a favor of Meg while Molly is in the hospital again?

2. What impresses Meg when she starts teaching Will?

3. What does Meg first see when she comes to Maria's house while she is in labor?

4. How does Meg interpret the dreams she has about Molly?

5. What does Meg think when Molly climbs into her father's lap?

6. How do Ben and Maria plan for their child?

7. How does Meg feel when Molly goes back to the hospital and why does she feel this way?

8. What strange thing does Ben show Meg in the garden?

9. What causes Molly to go to the hospital again?

10. How does Meg realize the true nature of Molly's condition?

(see the answer keys)

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