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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 Father Rosetti feel about the world during the girls' last few weeks of pregnancy?
(a) He says it is very peaceful.
(b) He says it is Hell.
(c) He is amazed at the kindness of people.
(d) He says he's never seen more prosperous times.

2. How does Father Rosetti cross paths with Anne Fitzgerald?
(a) They are neighbors.
(b) He has been assigned to investigate the Polio outbreak at the same time Anne is in Los Angeles.
(c) He bumps into Anne on the subway.
(d) They work at the homeless shelter together.

3. At the press conference, how does Kathleen disobey her mother?
(a) By staying out past curfew the night before the press conference.
(b) By allowing her friends in the conference area.
(c) By running away right before the press conference.
(d) By speaking to a reporter right before the conference without her mother present.

4. Why does Father Rosetti feel pressure to solve this mystery of the virgin pregnancies?
(a) He knows that the pregnant girls are relying on him.
(b) He doesn't want the church to get any more negative attention.
(c) He knows that there is evil present and that the "church is relying on him."
(d) He feels that everything that has happened is his fault.

5. Where did Colleen conceive her baby?
(a) At Liffey Glade.
(b) On a rocky beach.
(c) In Boston, MA.
(d) On a snowy mountain peak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discovery does Kathleen make when she explores the clinic?

2. How is Father Rosetti best described?

3. Where does Kathleen believe her baby was conceived?

4. Who hires Anne Fitzgerald?

5. Why does Kathleen have to sit impatiently at her destination in the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. How may the two virgin births, one of the savior and one being Satan's child, impact the world?

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

3. Why might Kathleen have traveled to a foreign city to have her abortion?

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

5. Colleen is approached by a gypsy very early in her pregnancy. The gypsy told Colleen she was special. Six months later, Colleen remembers this memory with fondness. How is Colleen's reaction important at this point?

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

7. 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?

8. Why may Anne begin to believe Kathleen's story more than she did earlier in the investigation?

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

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

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