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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 Martha feel touch her when she recalls asking someone to help her save her baby?

2. What does Martha find when she stops in the place, mentioned in #110, according to her account in the story?

3. What does Martha believe she can see inside the doctor as they are talking to each other?

4. What test was the one that confirmed the diagnosis of Down Syndrome in Adam, according to her account in the story?

5. Where do Martha and John arrive at the start of this chapter of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Martha when she first arrived at the hospital with John?

2. What did John's dissertation adviser tell John when John tells him about the diagnosis?

3. What did Martha begin to see in the doctor as they were talking about her pregnancy?

4. What did Martha decide to do when she was heading over to see the nurse practitioner?

5. What did Martha learn on the phone call that makes her stay on the phone until John arrived home?

6. What did Martha notice about the others in the room when she is about to give birth to Adam?

7. What did John use as rationale when he decided to return home instead of staying in Asia?

8. What was Martha surprised to learn about Sibyl when she told her about the diagnosis of Adam?

9. What happened after John spoke with his dissertation adviser that day?

10. What was the image that Martha had in a moment of despair when John left the apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Martha discusses how she feels that she will be exposed as a fake when she is at Harvard.

Part 1: Why do you think Martha feels she is a fake?

Part 2: Do you think a lot of people who go to Harvard feel that way?

Part 3: How do you think a person might get past the feeling of being a fake in their environment?

Essay Topic 3

Martha has as dream which prompts her to have more prenatal testing on her child.

Part 1: Do you think that dreams are able to give sound advice?

Part 2: Why do you think Martha decided to listen to this dream that she had?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond if you had a dream that told you to do something?

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