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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 is Anne's favorite prayer?
(a) Thank you, thank you, thank you.
(b) Prayer of St. Francis
(c) The Lord's Prayer
(d) Prayer of Forgiveness

2. Who is Anne's friend who has a granddaughter named Akela?
(a) Neshama
(b) Nigra
(c) Nicole
(d) Natalie

3. How long has Anne's father been dead?
(a) 1 year
(b) 6 months
(c) 3 years
(d) 20 years

4. Of what does Anne's father die?
(a) Melanoma
(b) A stroke
(c) A car accident
(d) Kidney failure

5. How does Anne describe the car loaned by the auto mechanic's shop?
(a) A Blues Brothers car
(b) A Dukes and Hazzard car
(c) A Starsky and Hutch car
(d) A Flintstones car

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne do to console herself?

2. How much time passes before Anne connects with sober people who will help her get sober?

3. Who is the big man who sits on Sam when blood has to be drawn?

4. Why is Anne angry when she sees a man abuse a dog on the beach?

5. What do the adults in Aleka's life try to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne deal with the approach of middle age?

2. What really bothers Anne about witnessing the man abusing his dog on the beach one day?

3. Why does Anne think it is appropriate that she is in Houston with a man with whom she is having a troubled relationship?

4. What happens when Anne takes Sam to a substitute pediatrician when his own pediatrician is out of town?

5. What does Anne mean by the term "nonchalant sadism"?

6. Explain Anne's preliminary attempt to quit drinking alcohol.

7. How does Anne use humor to deal with her unruly hair?

8. How does Anne view her body image while on vacation in Oaxaca, Mexico?

9. What is Anne's favorite prayer?

10. Explain the situation that helps Akela begin to overcome her fear?

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