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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. While at the safeplace with Father Rosetti, what does the voice inside Kathleen's head tell her?

2. What was Noelle's first miracle?

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

4. What has caused the change in Mrs. Walsh's behavior?

5. On the night her baby was conceived, what did Colleen see on Liffy Glade?

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

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

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

5. Based on Kathleen's memory of the events leading to the conception of the baby, how would one describe Jamie?

6. Why would Father Rosetti take the baby away from Colleen and perform the sign of the cross on the baby's forehead?

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

8. Why would Colleen's son come to claim Noelle?

9. After Monsignor Stingley gave Father Rosetti the advice about the prophecy, he was struck dead. What could this lead the reader to assume?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Kathleen and Colleen. How are they similar? How are they different? How do other people perceive them? How do they perceive and handle themselves?

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

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?

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