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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 wrong with Rafael Civernos?

2. How many professionals certify that Millie is dead?

3. What happens when Faith is talking to Ian in the woods?

4. What does Mariah see in Faith's hand when they are at the hospital on October 12?

5. Where does Ian suggest Mariah and Faith stay while they are in Kansas City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mariah dream the night after she and Ian make love?

2. Why does Rabbi Weissman call Rabbi Daniel Solomon?

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

4. Does Ian believe that Michael was healed?

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

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

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

8. When did Father Rampini decide to become a priest?

9. What is Father Rourke's analysis of Faith?

10. Why does Ian want to persuade Mariah to let Faith attempt to heal Michael?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several "miracles" happen in the novel. The author recounts Millie's apparent death from a heart attack, a couple who reconcile, a baby that is healed, and Ian's autistic brother. Using arguments that the characters use in the novel, argue whether or not any of these incidents could be considered miracles.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At one point in the novel, Millie tells Mariah that Faith will see her through the crises in Mariah's life. Explain whether Millie means Faith, the child; faith, a belief in something; or that both faith and Faith will see Mariah through the troubles in her life. Also explain how Millie believes Faith and/or faith will help Mariah.

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