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

2. Where does Mariah find Faith one night at the beginning of September?

3. What is the name of Faith's psychiatrist?

4. What does Faith ride at the circus?

5. What magazine in July, 1997, featured Ian on the cover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rabbi Weissman say about Faith's vision?

2. How is Faith injured at the circus?

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

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

5. Why does Mariah want Faith to talk to a Priest?

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

7. Describe Mariah's home.

8. What are certain things that Mariah does not like to talk about?

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

10. Why does James Wilton tell Ian Fletcher that now would be a good time to start praying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mariah hires Joan Standish to handle her divorce from Colin, Joan says that Colin has done Mariah a favor this time. Explain what Joan means by this statement and argue whether Colin did or did not do Mariah a favor by filing for divorce.

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the novel, Millie tells Mariah that "being a family isn't a social construct, but an instinct." Using examples from the novel, explain why family is not a social construct, but an instinct.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 6, Faith's hands begin to bleed for no apparent reason. Argue why these wounds are or are not stigmata. Use arguments the characters use in the novel.

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