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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. How long did Jake and Paige date before she became pregnant?

2. What does Paige imagine the rolling hills of North Carolina are like?

3. What does the Lamaze instructor ask Nicholas to put on during the only class he attends?

4. What is Nicholas' favorite patient dying from?

5. Where do Paige and Nicholas get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicholas handle caring for Max while he works?

2. How did May end up owning the show horse, Donegal?

3. What does Nicholas' boss tell him after the birth of his son?

4. What happened the morning Jake took Paige to get an abortion?

5. What does Paige tell May about Nicholas when her mother asks her to describe him?

6. When does Nicholas realize his chances of being chief of surgery are probably ruined?

7. What causes Paige to think she and Nicholas might be meant for each other?

8. What happens when Nicholas brings Rachel to the diner while Paige is working?

9. What does the private detective hired by Paige discover about May's whereabouts?

10. What happens at the only Lamaze class Nicholas attends for Paige's entire pregnancy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Paige feels about motherhood, as is shown through her feelings about her own pregnancy and memories of her mother.

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning behind the title of the novel, Harvesting the Heart?

Essay Topic 3

How does Paige's relationship with her mother come full circle during the summer she spends with May in North Carolina?

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