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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 drug does Dr. Keller want to prescribe for Faith?

2. What does Jessica tell Colin at the beginning of September?

3. What book did Ian write in 1997?

4. What is Mariah's mother's name?

5. What did Millie call days when she would let Mariah skip school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Faith see in her dreams on the night of August 30?

2. How is Faith injured at the circus?

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

4. How does Mariah have to give Faith her Risperdal?

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

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

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

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

9. What did Mariah do when she attended a circus the year she was seven?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, characters question whether God and the supernatural are real. Choose one of the characters from the novel and use their arguments to argue whether God and the supernatural are real or not. Use examples and dialogue that the character uses in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Motherhood is a frequent theme in the novel. At one point, Millie states that motherhood is a work in process. Discuss whether motherhood is or is not a work process.

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