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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 happens on the second night of the lecture series?
2. What happens to Anne's father at the age of 54?
3. What does Anne consider the next ten years of her life to be?
4. To what does Anne compare attacking a child?
5. What turns Anne's life around during college?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Anne's plan of forgiveness when she realizes that she is one of those Christians who does not forgive?
2. What decision-making process does Anne use when determining whether or not she should let Sam go paragliding?
3. How might the example of Anne's stalled car be considered a traveling mercy?
4. Describe Anne's trip to the beach when she tries to get rid of a headache.
5. Why does Anne think she may be failing Sam?
6. How is Anne like her activist father?
7. What is the perception about religion in Anne's home as she grows up?
8. What is Anne's religious experience as a child?
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. When Anne and Sam are at Ixtapa for vacation, they are both still mourning the death of Anne's friend, Pammy. What happens to alter Anne's perspective a little?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Anne consider herself to be a coward when she seems to be a very outspoken person? Where does courage come from? Does everyone have it or is it granted to a few special people? What makes Anne think she is not as courageous as she once thought herself to be? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
What does Anne mean when she says that bad things happen to distract your attention from a good thing waiting to be born? Does Anne consider this to be true for herself as well as other people? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Anne is the child of atheists yet enjoys going to church with other people. Why does Anne enjoy religious experiences? Why does Anne say she always prays at night but does not ever tell anyone about it?
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