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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 does Ian demand from Metz when they meet?

2. What does Mariah wear to court on October 27?

3. Why does Mariah have to go back to New Canaan?

4. What is the title for the official in the Catholic church whose sole responsibility is to find holes in cases of proposed sainthood?

5. How does Colin learn about Faith's vision and wounds?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ian tell Mariah about his childhood?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Malcom Metz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses both first person and third person point of view in the novel. Discuss whether you learn more about Mariah through the portions of the novel that are written in third or in first person.

Essay Topic 2

The title of the book is "Keeping Faith". Explain why the title has two different meanings.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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