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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school do Martha and her husband attend, which intimidates them because of all the work they have to do?
(a) MIT.
(b) Yale.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

2. What does Martha believe is important at the school where she is attending to attain her PhD?
(a) Her writing credits.
(b) Appearance.
(c) Her income.
(d) Her husband.

3. What does the hospital say is the prognosis of Martha's baby after she has been checked out?
(a) The baby is deformed.
(b) Healthy.
(c) The baby needs oxygen.
(d) The baby's heart is beating irregularly.

4. How many children do Martha and John have besides Adam?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

5. What is the reason why Martha did not leave sooner than she probably should have?
(a) A phone call.
(b) Katie's recital.
(c) Her dream.
(d) False alarms in the past.

6. What Martha need to get from University Health Services emergency center?
(a) Anti-diarrheal medicine.
(b) IV fluids.
(c) Antibiotics.
(d) Pain killers.

7. Who does Martha forget about after getting to a safe place during the fire?
(a) John.
(b) Her rescuer.
(c) Katie.
(d) Sibyl.

8. What does John suggest that Martha do if she should find out anything is wrong with the baby?
(a) Celebrate.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Keep it.
(d) Abort it.

9. At what age was Adam unable to speak, as told in the story at the start of the book?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

10. Who gets to see the picture of the ultrasound before it is hung up, according to Martha's account in the book?
(a) Anna.
(b) Katie.
(c) John.
(d) Sibyl.

11. What does the helpful strange offer to Martha, which was exactly what she had been craving?
(a) Groceries.
(b) Movies.
(c) A new book.
(d) A babysitter.

12. What do John and Martha decide to do after they go to the doctor's office again?
(a) Have coffee.
(b) Shop.
(c) Eat at a cafe.
(d) Walk in the park.

13. What does the person Martha interviews say that Adam wants her to stop doing?
(a) Whispering.
(b) Worrying.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Hugging him.

14. What had just started when Martha realizes that she has intense pregnancy symptoms?
(a) Semester.
(b) Holiday break.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) The new quarter.

15. Who does Deirdre say once was cruel to her, according to her account in the book?
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her ex-husband.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people give up their seats for Martha when she makes her way to safety, according to her account in the book?

2. Martha and John seem to fight more about their ________ structure than about other things on the holiday.

3. Martha finds it amusing that she is not the only one who feels they are _________ their way through school.

4. Where is John when the apartment fire happens, so he knows nothing of the event?

5. How long was Martha left home alone with Katie when John was at his job assignment?

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