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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 was the name of the woman Janine worked with in her pro-life group who said the rosary as patients passed?

2. Where did Rachel hide when Vonita was shot?

3. Who answered the phone when Hugh first called the Center shortly after he arrived at the scene?

4. In the Center at one p.m., what was playing on the television?

5. Who was the second person George shot when he entered the Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bex change her mind about going into the Center with Wren?

2. What happened when Izzy approached the Center reception desk, and what did she have to do?

3. How did Bex feel at one p.m.?

4. How had Aunt Bex been a mother to Wren?

5. What were the risks of having the tourniquet that Izzy placed on Dr. Ward?

6. What did Izzy remember about a visit with Parker's parents?

7. Why was Olive at the Center?

8. What happened when Beth's father found out about her abortion?

9. Who was a witness to the first shootings and escaped the clinic?

10. Why should Hugh have recused himself after he learned that Wren was a hostage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before the scenes with the standoff, the author shares the ordinary things in characters’ lives. Why does the author focus on the ordinariness of life? Why are the ordinary things in live so important?

Essay Topic 2

When Bex is treated after being released from the Center, she is told she is lucky. Why does Bex not think that she is lucky? Why does she believe karma has influenced her release? What is the difference between luck and karma.

Essay Topic 3

In the Epilogue, Wren changes the sign pro-lifers put on the fence at the Center. What did the sign say? Why did Wren change the sign? What was the significance of how she changed the sign?

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