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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade is Faith in?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) First grade.
(d) Kindergarten.

2. What is the name of Ian's company?
(a) Faith Productions.
(b) Pagan Productions.
(c) Atheism Now.
(d) Antirevival Co.

3. What has Mariah's mother just purchased at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A new sofa.
(b) A present for Faith.
(c) A new car.
(d) A coffee table.

4. What does an MRI and a CT scan reveal about Faith?
(a) She does not have a brain tumor.
(b) She has a swollen artery.
(c) She has a blood clot.
(d) She has a brain tumor.

5. What does a childhood schizophrenia expert ask Dr. Keller to do?
(a) Try a different drug.
(b) Place Faith in the hospital.
(c) Present Faith's case at a symposium.
(d) Take Faith to another specialist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Marian and Faith find at home when they return?

2. What was the name of Mariah's kitten when she was eight?

3. What group of people come to New Canaan looking for a Messiah?

4. Why are Mariah and Faith home at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does a clown paint on Mariah's face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, from the beginning, did Mariah believe that she and Colin were not meant to be together?

2. When is the only time Mariah remembers Faith asking about God?

3. Why does Mariah tell her mother about drowning Priscilla?

4. Why does Mariah agree to take Faith to the library to get the book her guard told her about?

5. What happened to Mariah's kitten when she was eight?

6. What happened the first time Mariah found Colin in bed with another woman?

7. Why is Dr. De Vries qualified to diagnose Faith's illness?

8. In Chapter 3, does Mariah believe that Faith may be talking to God?

9. How does a clown entertain Faith before the show?

10. What questions does Dr. Keller ask when she presents Faith's case at a psychiatric symposium?

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