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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. What does Doctor's Shapiro's examination prove?
2. Who intervenes during the incident Colleen had when she left her house after her nightmare?
3. What time frame can the last few weeks of the girls' pregnancies be compared to?
4. What is troubling Father Rosetti after his accident?
5. Who hires Anne Fitzgerald?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why would Anne's first assignment be to go to Los Angeles?
2. Doctor Shapiro performs another exam on Kathleen and also claims that she is a virgin. Doctor Shapiro is not connected with the church. Why is his exam more important to Kathleen than the results received by doctors before?
3. Why may Anne begin to believe Kathleen's story more than she did earlier in the investigation?
4. Why would Kathleen find comfort floating in the ocean?
5. Why might Kathleen have traveled to a foreign city to have her abortion?
6. How might Kathleen have felt when she found the doctor and nurse dead in the office?
7. Why may it be peaceful for Colleen to return to the place where she conceived her baby?
8. Why would Jamie have acted violently when Anne confronted him with medical evidence that proved Kathleen is still a virgin?
9. 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?
10. What about Kathleen's story may have made Anne very skeptical?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When the girls become pregnant, the world begins to change. Chaos erupts globally and disease is rampant. However, when the babies are born, the world begins to heal. What do these two pregnancies mean to the world? How was the world affected? What is the symbolic connection between the two events?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the relationship between Kathleen and her parents. Is the relationship surprising? Why or why not? What emotions do the parents feel about the situation Kathleen is in? Is Kathleen's relationship with her parents a reflection of her situation or was it the same beforehand?
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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