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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. How does Colleen resemble Mother Mary?
(a) Colleen is shocked over her current condition,.
(b) Colleen is sweet and genuine.
(c) Colleen is a strong-willed woman.
(d) Colleen is alone in a small town with no real friends or companions.

2. Where does Kathleen believe her baby was conceived?
(a) At her sixteenth birthday party.
(b) She can't remember.
(c) At a football pep rally.
(d) On a weekend trip.

3. Who is the first female character to be introduced?
(a) Mrs. Walsh.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Colleen.
(d) Anne.

4. After speaking with Kathleen, what does Anne think about Kathleen's story?
(a) Anne believes Kathleen completely.
(b) Anne thinks Kathleen is making up the story just to get attention.
(c) Anne wants to believe Kathleen, but has a hard time doing so because Kathleen can't remember events from eight months earlier.
(d) Anne thinks Kathleen is making up the entire story.

5. How does Kathleen feel about the discovery she makes at the clinic?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Elated.
(c) Shaken.
(d) Not affected by it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Colleen go to get peace?

2. How do people in Colleen's hometown treat her?

3. How does Kathleen get to her destination in the city?

4. What are some ways Anne investigates Kathleen's story more thoroughly?

5. What is unique about Kathleen's pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Jamie have acted violently when Anne confronted him with medical evidence that proved Kathleen is still a virgin?

2. For what reasons would Kathleen's mother want to keep Kathleen's friends away from her?

3. Why would Kathleen find comfort floating in the ocean?

4. Why may it be peaceful for Colleen to return to the place where she conceived her baby?

5. Why does James Patterson describe Father Rosetti as an honest man?

6. Why would Cardinal Rooney have chosen Anne to work on this investigation?

7. As Kathleen walks through the unfamiliar streets of South Boston, it is described as cold and rundown. How is this description foreshadowing the mood of the story?

8. What about Kathleen's story may have made Anne very skeptical?

9. Why would Kathleen not really think about suicide before it was mentioned to her by "the voice"?

10. Why may Colleen would be hiding from Sister Katherine and Father Flannery?

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