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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. How does Ian refer to Millie when he calls a reporter anonymously?

2. What does Dr. Blumberg use to demonstrate a puncture wound?

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

4. How does Ian know when to call Mariah?

5. What does Ian compare Faith's hands to after the doctors bandage them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the MotherGod Society do when they first hear of Bishop Andrews' official denunciation of Faith?

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

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

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

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

6. Does Ian believe that Michael was healed?

7. What did Mariah do as a child when a classmate told her she would go to hell if she was not baptized?

8. What does Ian tell Mariah about his childhood?

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

10. When did Father Rampini decide to become 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

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 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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