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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. What is a major characteristic of Anne's writing style?

2. When is the initial diary entry made?

3. What does Anne call her photo composition of a sonogram, Polaroid picture and crucifix?

4. Who is Brian?

5. The month in which the entries for Part 5 are written is ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anne recall about her own seventh and eighth grade experiences that she finds the prospect of Sam's living through them so daunting?

2. What are Anne's views on breastfeeding?

3. How is Sam formally initiated into a church family?

4. Describe Anne's experience prior to going into labor and delivering her baby.

5. In what ways does it seem that Anne is not as strong as she needs to be?

6. How does Anne end her journal of the first year of Sam's life?

7. How does Anne exhibit what she calls one of her worst personality traits?

8. What is the nature of the depression that Anne experiences in Part 8?

9. What does the futon episode remind Anne of?

10. Explain how Anne compares her life to experiences volunteering for the Special Olympics.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Anne's use of humor in the book. Select two of the funniest events or descriptions and explain what makes them funny to you? Do you think Anne's humor is a literary tactic? Or is it just the real Anne coming through?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Pammy's role in Anne's life. What is the nature of their friendship? Which one is more nurturing in the relationship? How does the relationship alter, if at all, with the diagnosis of Pammy's breast cancer?

Essay Topic 3

Explain what Anne means by this statement: "There's so much joy and pain and love and wonder in my chest and behind my eyes." What is she talking about?

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