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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Martha and John seem to fight more about their ________ structure than about other things on the holiday.
(a) Family.
(b) School.
(c) Career.
(d) Medical.

3. What does Martha discover the next day that reminds her of the incident in the stairwell?
(a) A note.
(b) A picture.
(c) Her missing coat.
(d) A book.

4. Who does Martha decide to call in order to have a place to stay until their apartment is safe again?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Anna.
(d) John.

5. Who calls later in the night and lets Martha know that her vision was not a dream?
(a) Sibil.
(b) John.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) The doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the other child that is frequently mentioned in this story?

2. What do John and Martha decide to do after they go to the doctor's office again?

3. What did Martha think people would question if she told others about her pregnancy where she worked?

4. What happens in Martha's gender seminar that causes others to find out she is pregnant?

5. What happened to Deirdre after she left this man and became pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Martha find out that she might not have been rescued as she thought she had?

2. What did Martha and John feel about the prospect of going to Harvard to get their degrees?

3. What happened right when John leaves for his next trip for his consulting job, so he doesn't know this has happened?

4. What act of generosity moved Martha when she came up to the ambulance to have someone check her baby?

5. What happened to Martha when she is going down the stairwell during the emergency?

6. What news did Martha find out from a nurse practitioner when she arrived back from the holidays?

7. What was the stroke of luck that Martha experienced in relation to the daycare situation?

8. What happened to Martha that leads her to have to tell others that she is pregnant, even though she doesn't want to do so?

9. Why did John try to persuade Martha to abort the baby, as they sat in a cafe?

10. What happened to Martha after she begins to feel ill all day, though she ignores it?

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