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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 Father Rosetti tell the Beavier family that they did not know?

2. What does Monsignor tell Father Rosetti?

3. What happens when Colleen was noticed watching the occurrence on Liffy Glade?

4. Why does Father Rosetti kill Father Flannery with a pitchfork?

5. Why is Jamie disturbed by Kathleen's condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. "The baby is not God's child, but it is a child of God." What does this mean about Kathleen's baby?

2. What does Noelle do to perform her miracle?

3. Why would Kathleen's condition be consciously bothering Jamie?

4. During her prayer with Father Rosetti, why would Kathleen mention how dangerous and awful the world has become?

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

6. Why would Kathleen have armed guards watching her room at the Vatican?

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

8. Why would Kathleen and Father Rosetti both fear evil?

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

10. Colleen is ridiculed by the people she's known and lived near for years, yet believed and supported by strangers. Why might this happen?

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

Write a character analysis on Anne's character. Is she a protagonist or antagonist? Is she a round or flat character? What makes Anne interesting as a character? What are her positive attributes? Negative attributes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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