Keeping Faith | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Mariah White - This character spent four months in a psychiatric facility and now is a perfectionist with an inflexible routine.

Faith White - This character is seven-years-old and has an imaginary friend who is referred to first as guard and later as God.

Millie Epstein - This character lives in New Canaan, has a heart attack, but is resurrected.

Ian Fletcher - This character is a television anti-evangelist.

Colin White - This character has several affairs and attempts to gain custody of the one child from the marriage.

Doctor Keller - This...
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