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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 the private detective Paige hired discover May is living?

2. What kind of doctor's office does Paige work at during the day?

3. Where does Nicholas have to fly to retrieve a heart for an eighteen-year-old patient?

4. What did Paige's mother do with the obituaries that she clipped out?

5. May's show horse's bloodlines go back to what famous race horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the private detective hired by Paige discover about May's whereabouts?

2. What happens when Nicholas brings Rachel to the diner while Paige is working?

3. What happens when Paige calls her father to tell him she is getting married?

4. What happened the morning Jake took Paige to get an abortion?

5. When did Jake and Paige's relationship move from just being friends?

6. What happens when Paige goes to the OB/GYN for her six week check-up?

7. Why did Paige's mother take her to visit cemeteries when Paige was a child?

8. How does Nicholas handle his first attempts to care for Max on his own after Paige leaves?

9. Why does Paige make a list of all the things she can do well?

10. What does Nicholas remember about his work in an Indian reservation in Arizona?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Nicholas and Paige save each other in the end?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Paige and Nicholas will remain married? Why or why not? Use evidence throughout the novel to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

The novel is divided into three parts: Conception, Growth, and Delivery. Discuss how this analogy of birth parallels the events and themes of the novel.

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