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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 the person Martha interviews say that Adam wants her to stop doing?

2. What did Martha go into town to get when she had the incident with the moose?

3. What does Martha discover the next day that reminds her of the incident in the stairwell?

4. What alerts Martha to the possibility that something might be terribly wrong with her unborn baby?

5. What thought melted from the mind of Martha as she heard the bells that rang like the ones at Boston Commons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Martha and John plan to do when they were on a Christmas holiday from Harvard?

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

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

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

5. What were the two medical issues that John and Martha faced when he returned from his trip overseas?

6. What did the daycare that was closest to Harvard require in order to admit Katie to their program?

7. Why didn't Martha leave the apartment right away when the grocery store incident happened?

8. Why did Martha find herself growing weaker and weaker when she was taking care of Katie on her own?

9. What did Martha begin to think of when she saw her baby for the first time on the ultrasound?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martha could only find a book on Down Syndrome that was depressing and not helpful to her situation. But she reads it anyway.

Part 1: Why do you think the books on Down Syndrome at the time were depressing?

Part 2: Do you think people are accepting of Down Syndrome today?

Part 3: Would you want to read books on Down Syndrome if you were to find out your child had the condition?

Essay Topic 2

Martha can not understand why Deirdre would want to stay with a man who was cruel to her.

Part 1: Why do you think Deirdre decided to stay with a person who was cruel to her?

Part 2: Would you want to stay with a person who was cruel to her?

Part 3: Make an argument for a person to stay with someone who is mean to them, whether it's physical or mental abuse.

Essay Topic 3

A student berates Martha for falling for the stereotype of the weak woman who has morning sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think the student feels a woman is weak for having morning sickness?

Part 2: How do you feel about a person who considers another person's sickness to be a weakness?

Part 3: How would you have responded to the student if you were in Martha's shoes?

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