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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 think Mariah should make the media work for her?

2. What does Ian tell Metz when asked about Faith's alleged stigmata?

3. What does Millie do when Petra Sagnoff shows up announced at Mariah's home?

4. What does A. Warren Rothbottam like to listen to in his chambers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Mariah put people in her dollhouse?

4. Why did Teresa Civernos decide to contact Petra Saganoff?

5. Why does Rabbi Weissman call Rabbi Daniel Solomon?

6. Why is Father Joseph MacReady stunned when only eight people attend early morning mass?

7. How was Rafael Civernos healed?

8. What does Ian tell Mariah about his childhood?

9. Does Ian believe that Michael was healed?

10. What does Kenzie see when she goes to the White's home?

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

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 3

In Chapter 2, the author begins with a quote from Ian Fletcher that says, "Sure, lots of people believe in God. Lots of people used to believe the world was flat, too." Explain the meaning of this phrase and why Ian would compare a belief in God to a belief that the world is flat.

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