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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anne go when Rick takes Sam to school?
(a) Golden Gate Park
(b) Shopping
(c) San Quentin Beach
(d) To church

2. What does Anne learn from this experience?
(a) She is not a very good planner.
(b) She has the grace to overcome and endure.
(c) She has no feel for the dramatic.
(d) She has great stage blocking skills.

3. In what city is Anne waiting to board a plane?
(a) New Orleans
(b) Memphis
(c) St. Louis
(d) Kansas City

4. What happens to Anne's father at the age of 54?
(a) He goes to law school.
(b) He gets a tumor and has only two years to live.
(c) He gets a sports car.
(d) He starts his own business.

5. Who is the woman in Anne's church who strongly disapproves of the answer to #26?
(a) Randa
(b) Ranola
(c) Ramona
(d) Ranier

6. What does Anne like to do?
(a) Attend church
(b) Play softball
(c) Swim
(d) Watch TV

7. What news arrives as Anne prays for Pammy's cure?
(a) Pammy could adopt a baby girl
(b) Pammy is cured
(c) Pammy had died
(d) Pammy is going to hospice

8. What is Rick's attitude about life?
(a) Live each day to the fullest.
(b) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
(c) Why does crap only happen to me?
(d) Hey, we all gotta go someday.

9. Where does Anne go to pray that Sam will forgive her and that she will be able to trust herself again?
(a) The beach
(b) Church
(c) A concert
(d) The park

10. Anne is the child of ______________.
(a) Baptists
(b) Catholics
(c) Methodists
(d) atheists

11. What woman do Anne and Sam visit because she is dying?
(a) Mimi
(b) Millie
(c) Mary
(d) Mona

12. Anne is drawn to Shelly's mother, Lee, because she ______________________________.
(a) takes them to the mall
(b) lets them listen to their music really loud
(c) offers love, support and prayer
(d) bakes chocolate chip cookies

13. How does Anne interpret the well-meaning acts of a woman at Sam's school?
(a) As putdowns
(b) As showing off
(c) As sincere gestures
(d) As random acts of kindness

14. Where does Anne take Sam for a vacation?
(a) Puerto Rico
(b) Cancun
(c) Ixtapa
(d) Nassau

15. What does Anne do when she has to make an important decision?
(a) She calls her girlfriends for advice.
(b) She goes to a psychic.
(c) She gets very quiet to see what decision brings her peace.
(d) She calls her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Anne's father teach to prisoners?

2. What is the reason Anne needs help from her church family?

3. How does Anne envision her time on stage with Paley?

4. To what does Anne compare attacking a child?

5. What phrase is used by people in Anne's church to anyone embarking on a trip?

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