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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. Where does John have to fly to every few weeks for his job in order to support the family?

2. Where does Martha go in order to make sure that her baby was not harmed in the incident?

3. What kind of job has John been doing which takes him away from his family more often than he might like?

4. What does Martha inquire about after she feels that her baby might have troubles, according to her account in the book?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What made Martha and John nervous about the consulting job that John took?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A faculty member tells John that he will never reach his goals if he has the child.

Part 1: Why do you think the teacher tells John that he won't reach his goals?

Part 2: Do you agree with the opinion of the faculty member?

Part 3: How do you think John could have responded to the faculty member?

Essay Topic 2

During the fire, Martha feels that she is being rescued from the fire, though she never sees a rescuer when she leaves.

Part 1: What do you think happened to Martha when she was pushed from the building?

Part 2: Do you think that a person actually helped Martha?

Part 3: How do you explain the experience that Martha had? Ghosts? Angels? Luck?

Essay Topic 3

Martha, at first, decides that she will hide her pregnancy from others since she's not sure how she feels about it either, it seems.

Part 1: Do you think Martha should have told more people about her pregnancy?

Part 2: Why do you think Martha might have thought hiding her pregnancy was the best idea?

Part 3: How do you think Harvard might have reacted to learning about Martha's pregnancy?

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