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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. What reaches Kathleen's new destination before her?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Kathleen's parents.
(c) The media.
(d) The polio virus.

2. Why is Jamie disturbed by Kathleen's condition?
(a) Because he thinks it's making her too depressed.
(b) Because he is telling everyone they had sex, but he knows they didn't.
(c) Because he doesn't want a baby.
(d) Because he's afraid of how her parents are treating her.

3. On the night her baby was conceived, what did Colleen see on Liffy Glade?
(a) A ghost.
(b) Men having sexual relations.
(c) Mother Mary sitting in the meadow.
(d) Someone being murdered.

4. After the incident of Kathleen on the ledge, what does the Vatican decide?
(a) That Kathleen should have her labor induced to remove the attention she is getting.
(b) They need to send more security to protect Kathleen.
(c) That Anne is not doing a good job and reassigns Kathleen's case.
(d) That Rhode Island is no longer safe for Kathleen.

5. Why does Colleen run to hide in the barn?
(a) Because she is afraid the mob of townspeople will hurt her.
(b) Because she doesn't want to talk to Justin.
(c) Because she does not want to see Father Flannery.
(d) To play a trick on her mother and Sister Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father Rosetti tell the Beavier family that they did not know?

2. After Jamie's death, how does Kathleen feel about Mrs. Walsh's recent behavior towards her?

3. How does Noelle perform her first miracle?

4. What saves Colleen from any possible danger the evening she was at Liffy Galde?

5. As Colleen hides in the barn, what is she thinking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Colleen's impending birth has led Justin to rethink his career path?

2. When Anne and Justin meet Colleen, they are surprised by her appearance and openness. How do you think this makes her story fare in comparison to Kathleen's story?

3. The man in the trench coach claims he is "their desires made real." What could he have meant by this?

4. What reason does Colleen have for being frightened while she is in the barn?

5. Based on Anne and Kathleen's relationship thus far, why would Kathleen ask for Anne to be present when the baby is delivered?

6. What about the accident made Noelle perform her first miracle?

7. For what reasons would the man who appears out of place amongst the crowd of reporters make Anne uneasy?

8. Why would Anne and Justin confront Father Rosetti when they reach the Vatican?

9. How would going through labor help Kathleen remember the events of the conception?

10. When Monsignor Stingley tells Father Rosetti "to look beyond the obvious" when they speak about the prophecy, what did he mean?

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