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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can Anne's emotions be defined at this point?
(a) Unpredictable
(b) Depressed
(c) Euphoric
(d) Leveled out

2. What fear begins to emerge for Anne where Sam is concerned?
(a) Anne is afraid of passing on bad genes
(b) Anne is afraid of losing her job
(c) Anne is afraid of California earthquakes
(d) Anne fears the world that Sam is destined to grow up in

3. What is Anne doing when Sam laughs for the first time?
(a) Making funny faces
(b) Changing Sam's diaper
(c) Bathing Sam
(d) Shopping

4. What is a major characteristic of Anne's writing style?
(a) Verbose
(b) Poetry
(c) Humor
(d) Succinct

5. In an strange way, Anne is happy to be single so that she does not have what?
(a) Someone else messing up the house
(b) To keep the house clean
(c) The stress of keeping a husband happy
(d) Share decisions with someone else

6. What doe Anne long for?
(a) A new wardrobe
(b) A husband or nanny
(c) Better health insurance
(d) A full night's sleep

7. In what month are the diary entries written for Part 4?
(a) November
(b) February
(c) September
(d) March

8. What does Anne realize she needs to do in order to survive financially?
(a) Take on more freelance work
(b) Get a full-time job
(c) Sell some stocks
(d) Sell her house

9. Who is Sam?
(a) The author's son
(b) A serial killer
(c) The author's neighbor
(d) The author's editor

10. What has Sam's father recently done?
(a) Had dinner with Anne and played with Sam
(b) Filed a legal petition denying paternity
(c) Sent Anne some money for Sam's care
(d) Told Anne he wants to be involved in Sam's life

11. What disappointment still continues to haunt Anne?
(a) That she does not have a husband
(b) That she never learned how to sew
(c) That she never lived in New York
(d) That she never danced in the ballet

12. How did Anne spend the final months of her father's life?
(a) Drunk or high
(b) Traveling
(c) Working
(d) Out of the country

13. How does Anne ask God what she should do?
(a) Writes notes and puts them in a prayer box
(b) Goes to church to pray
(c) Sends money to the missions
(d) Lights candles at church every morning

14. How does Anne know she is strong enough to raise a child now?
(a) She has a big house
(b) She has battled addictions and won
(c) She has more money
(d) She enjoys different experiences

15. What is a little unsettling for Anne?
(a) The fact that she does not know who the baby's father is
(b) The fact that she does not have the finances to raise a child
(c) The fact that she is having a boy
(d) The fact that she is having twins

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anne regularly take Sam?

2. What is the content of the book?

3. What upset Anne about her pre-teen years?

4. What is Anne's greatest fear about having a child?

5. To what does Anne compare her current life?

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