Keeping Faith Short Essay Assignments

Short Essay Questions

The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.

Short Essay Question - Prologue, Chapters One and Two

1. Why should Mariah and Faith not have been home when her mother called?

2. Describe Mariah's home.

3. What are certain things that Mariah does not like to talk about?

4. Why, from the beginning, did Mariah believe that she and Colin were not meant to be together?

5. What happened the first time Mariah found Colin in bed with another woman?

6. Why did Mariah not tell anyone she was pregnant when she went to Greenhaven?