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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. How do Kathleen's parents feel about her pregnancy?
2. Who goes to visit Colleen in Ireland?
3. After speaking with Kathleen, what does Anne think about Kathleen's story?
4. Who hires Anne Fitzgerald?
5. On his death bed, what does the Pope recall?
Short Essay Questions
1. Father Rosetti is the sole survivor of a plane crash when he is on his way to see Colleen. He wonders "if the crash was an accident or meant to kill him." Why would Father Rosetti think this?
2. Why may the people in Colleen's town be treating her differently?
3. What about Kathleen's story may have made Anne very skeptical?
4. Kathleen feels her parents are scrutinizing her all the time and Mrs. Walsh hates her. What reason would Mrs. Walsh have to feel this way towards Kathleen?
5. When Anne was a nun she met and fell in love with Father Justin O'Connell. This caused her to rethink the path she was on and pursue a career outside of the Catholic Church. What does this tell the reader about Anne?
6. Based on the prophecy and what you have read thus far, which girl may be carrying the child of Satan?
7. Why would Anne's first assignment be to go to Los Angeles?
8. How may it be a coincidence that an outbreak of polio erupts at the hospital Kathleen leaves in Rhode Island?
9. Why does James Patterson describe Father Rosetti as an honest man?
10. Why would Kathleen seek "solace" on the beach by her home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The prophecy is an interesting object in the novel and the common reason for events in the plot. What does the prophecy say? How has it effected the characters in the novel? How has the prophecy changed the plot of the story?
Essay Topic 2
All the characters face their fate at the end of the novel. Write an essay describing the fate Anne and Justin had. Did they deserve their fate? How does their fate reflect their previous lives? Do they deserve their fate based on their character traits throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Kathleen never receives her abortion after finding the dead doctor. She then attempts to commit suicide but is saved. Write an essay discussing fate. How do these two events set up Kathleen's fate. What events set a precedence for Anne's fate? How is fate an important theme to the novel? How is fate shown throughout the novel?
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