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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Anne do with the dimes given to her periodically by an elderly woman?
(a) She saves them in a Christmas fund.
(b) She buys Starbucks.
(c) She gives them to Sam.
(d) She gives them to homeless people.

5. Where does Anne leave Sammy to play each day at the resort?
(a) The beach
(b) Daycare
(c) The pool
(d) The game room

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts the man to ask Anne if she is a born-again Christian?

2. What part of her life does the author talk about at length?

3. Who is Sam's "Big Brother"?

4. What do Anne and Sam see coming in from the mountains in Idaho?

5. What was the message on Anne's father's answering machine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Anne part of another little miracle?

2. What is the symbolism Anne speaks of when she talks about "pieces of Pammy"?

3. How is Anne like her activist father?

4. How does Anne learn that she receives grace to overcome and endure?

5. How does Anne become a true member of a church?

6. What is the reason that Anne makes Sam go to church?

7. What role does alcohol play in Anne's home life?

8. How does an Ash Wednesday morning, which Anne means to be filled with respect, turn out completely the opposite?

9. Anne's friend, Pammy, learns that she can adopt a baby at the same time that she learns she is dying from cancer. How does Pammy think about her new daughter during this time?

10. What is the perception about religion in Anne's home as she grows up?

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