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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. What does the person walking Martha home from class believe she is indulging in?
(a) Her husband's kindness.
(b) Morning sickness.
(c) PhD status.
(d) Her poverty.

2. How many flights of stairs does Martha have to walk down in order to reach safety?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Who comes to the rescue of Martha when she realizes the state she is in?
(a) Deirdre.
(b) John.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Anna.

4. Where is John when the apartment fire happens, so he knows nothing of the event?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hanoi.
(d) Singapore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Martha's students unhappy about, according to her account in the book?

2. Who does Sibyl bring with her the next time that she goes to see Martha at her apartment?

3. What kind of disorder does Martha have that causes her to have difficult pregnancies?

4. What does John suggest that Martha do if she should find out anything is wrong with the baby?

5. How many children do Martha and John have besides Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Martha learn about Adam, even though he was only three years old and could not speak yet?

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

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

4. What happened when John arrives at his work location and calls to check on Martha and Katie?

5. What was the story that Deirdre shares that is surprising like Martha's?

6. What were some of the accomplishments that Martha Beck lists within the context of this book?

7. Why did Deirdre and Sibyl say they were willing to help Martha out in her condition?

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

9. What were some of the struggles that Martha faced when she began the new semester?

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

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