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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 is Mariah's religious background?

2. What does Faith say to Ian in the emergency room after her grandmother collapses?

3. Where were Mariah and Colin married?

4. What is Colin's job?

5. Where does Mariah go after she finds the book Faith wants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mariah's mother tell her that Faith will help her get through this crisis?

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

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

7. How does the librarian figure out what book Faith wants?

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

9. Why did Mariah not tell anyone she was pregnant when she went to Greenhaven?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, Mariah feels as she has never measured up in her marriage. Explain why Mariah feels that she never quite measured up.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether a faith in God is a blind faith. Use examples from the novel to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of Chapter 11, is a quote from Isaiah 40:18, "To whom then will ye like God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?" Explain why Faith may see God as a female.

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