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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. Despite her situation, what does Kathleen try for the first time after her discovery at the clinic?
(a) She tries to commit suicide.
(b) She tries shellfish.
(c) She tries alcohol.
(d) She tries step aerobics.

2. Who goes to visit Colleen in Ireland?
(a) Father Rosetti.
(b) Anne.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) Cardinal Rooney.

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

4. How does Charles, Kathleen's father, treat Anne?
(a) With hostility.
(b) With gratuity.
(c) With great hospitality.
(d) As if she's not there.

5. Who will be affected if the prophecy of the Catholic Church is fulfilled?
(a) Only Europeans.
(b) No one.
(c) Only Americans.
(d) The whole world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word would best describe the sound Kathleen hears at the clinic?

2. How many siblings does Anne have?

3. What is Anne Fitzgerald's occupation?

4. What is different about the recent epidemic of polio virus than previous strains?

5. What happens to Colleen the day after her nightmare when she leaves her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might Kathleen have felt when she found the doctor and nurse dead in the office?

2. Why may the people in Colleen's town be treating her differently?

3. When the reporter publishes the story on Kathleen, the church is not happy. Why may the church feel this story was detrimental?

4. Mrs. Walsh overhears the conversation between Anne and Kathleen's friends when Kathleen's boyfriend is revealed. She now believes that Kathleen is evil. Why might Mrs. Walsh feel this way?

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

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

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

8. Based on the prophecy and what you have read thus far, which girl may be carrying the child of Satan?

9. Although it was something of an honor for the late Pope to share the prophecy with Father Rosetti, why might Father Rosetti believe it is not worth knowing?

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

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