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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 Paige wear to her wedding?

2. What does the Lamaze instructor ask Nicholas to put on during the only class he attends?

3. What is Paige watching when Max falls off the couch?

4. Where does Nicholas plan to take Max the first morning he has to get back to work at the hospital after Paige leaves?

5. How does Paige feel about Nicholas getting back in touch with his parents after all this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did May end up owning the show horse, Donegal?

2. How does Paige feel in the first few moments after giving birth to Max?

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

4. What does Paige tell May about Nicholas when her mother asks her to describe him?

5. What does Paige remember about her mother as she drives to North Carolina to find May?

6. How does Astrid react when Nicholas shows up on her doorstep one morning with Max?

7. What does Paige remember about a childhood trip to the zoo with her mother?

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

9. What happens during the first dinner party Paige hosts at their house for Nicholas' colleagues?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Paige's obvious need for help and reassurance is ignored by health professionals, including her husband.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Paige feels about motherhood, as is shown through her feelings about her own pregnancy and memories of her mother.

Essay Topic 3

The novel openly talks about an abortion. What is Picoult trying to say about the after effects of an abortion on a woman through Paige's experience?

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