Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the state of Anne's friend, Pammy's, household?
(a) Pammy's mother is always passed out
(b) Pammy's mother hires a housekeeper
(c) Pammy's mother is a workaholic
(d) Pammy's mother cannot cook a simple meal

2. For awhile both Anne and Sam battle ______________.
(a) food allergies
(b) with each other
(c) illnesses
(d) dyslexia

3. What is the subject of the book being read by the man next to Anne on the plane home?
(a) Financial planning
(b) The end of the world
(c) Marriage counseling
(d) Whole foods diets

4. How old is Sam when Anne first takes him to church?
(a) Fifteen months old
(b) Five months old
(c) Five years old
(d) Five days old

5. What do Anne's friends call her religious position?
(a) Kinda Catholic
(b) Sorta Baptist
(c) Buddhist
(d) Christian-ish

6. On what day does Anne make Sam skip cartoons before school as a sign of respect for the dead?
(a) Ash Wednesday
(b) All Saints Day
(c) Passover
(d) Good Friday

7. What is Anne's word for fraud?
(a) Houdini
(b) Schmendrick
(c) Copperfield
(d) Karnack

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

9. What phrase is used by people in Anne's church to anyone embarking on a trip?
(a) Traveling mercies.
(b) Take care.
(c) Safe journey.
(d) Send us a card.

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

11. Why does a typically cheerful woman in the church become morose?
(a) She must leave her house.
(b) She learns that she has cancer.
(c) She is losing her sight.
(d) Her husband has died.

12. Who is the gay man in her church who is dying from AIDS?
(a) Keene Norman
(b) Kevin Nelson
(c) Ken Nelson
(d) Ken Norman

13. Anne says she is not one of those Christians ___________________.
(a) who forgives
(b) who goes to church every day
(c) who organizes bake sales
(d) who teaches Sunday School

14. Paley believes that women can be part of the equal rights movement without giving up _____________________.
(a) children
(b) traditional feminine things
(c) husbands
(d) pedicures

15. What does Anne do when she realizes Sam is watching cartoons?
(a) Spanks him
(b) Grabs him by the arm and sends him to his room
(c) Takes away TV privileges for two weeks
(d) Grounds him for two weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does Anne's neighbor, Rick, have?

2. Why does Anne say she always prayed at night?

3. Where does Anne go to pray that Sam will forgive her and that she will be able to trust herself again?

4. Anne is drawn to Shelly's mother, Lee, because she ______________________________.

5. What woman do Anne and Sam visit because she is dying?

(see the answer keys)

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