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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 gift does Father Rampini remember giving his son?

2. What did Colin tell Mariah the night of Winter Formals?

3. What would Ian's grandmother do if God didn't quite come through for her?

4. What song does someone sing when Kenzie and Faith are outside?

5. Who does Mariah see at the grocery store on October 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Ian believe that Michael was healed?

2. Why does Father Joseph call Monsignor O'Shaughnessy?

3. What does Ian tell Mariah about his childhood?

4. What does the Bishop decide to do about Faith?

5. Why does Malcom Metz say that the custody of Faith is a life and death matter?

6. What does Joan Standish say in Mariah's defense at the custody hearing?

7. Why does Father MacReady think Faith sees God as female?

8. Why does Ian not call his producer when he sees Mariah on the plane?

9. Why does Mariah get extremely angry when Ian takes Faith fishing?

10. Why does Rabbi Weissman call Rabbi Daniel Solomon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On August 30, Faith "knows that truth can cause a sharp pain behind your eyes and that love sometimes feels like a fist around your throat. Explain how truth can cause pain and how love can be compared to a fist around the throat. Use examples from the novel that show when Faith might have experienced times when truth was painful and times when love felt like it was strangling her.

Essay Topic 2

A common topic of discussion in the novel is Mariah's and Colin's relationship and failed marriage. Discuss the factors that played a part in the failure of Mariah's and Colin's marriage. Was one of them more to blame than the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

For Christians, the Old Testament of the Bible represents the old covenant between man and God, and the New Testament represents a new covenant between man and God. Explain why the author might have divided the book into two parts: "The Old Testament" and "The New Testament".

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