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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. Who comes to the rescue of Martha when she realizes the state she is in?

2. How many times did the rental car spin in before it finally landed in a ditch and no one was hurt?

3. What does Martha have to arrange when John is going to be out of town for a few weeks?

4. What does John buy at the same time that Martha is shopping for clothing?

5. John is gone on his ________ trip overseas when the fire in the apartment building occurs.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why didn't Martha want anyone to know at Harvard about the pregnancy she just discovered?

4. What was the sign that Martha sees from another student, helping her realize she is not the only one faking her way through school?

5. What did Martha have to deal with at school after John returned home from another business trip?

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

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

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

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

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

On the second day of extreme nausea, Martha realized that she needed to eat something or else she could not take care of her daughter.

Part 1: Why do you think Martha waited so long to get help with her sickness?

Part 2: Do you think that Martha's daughter was ever in danger of not being cared for?

Part 3: How do you think Martha could have better prepared herself to take care of her daughter?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Martha Beck decided not to leave her apartment, even as there was a fire below her apartment, even though she had her daughter with her.

Part 1: Why do you think that Martha decided to wait to leave the apartment?

Part 2: How would you have responded to the fire that was below your apartment?

Part 3: What seems strange to you about this moment in Martha's life?

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