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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Rex and Dudu?
(a) Television show characters
(b) Clowns at the circus
(c) Pammy's dogs
(d) Long-time family friends who become grandparents to Sam

2. In what month are the journal entries for Part 6 written?
(a) January
(b) April
(c) March
(d) August

3. Anne cannot imagine going through the experience of having Sam without _____________.
(a) Baby monitor
(b) Cable TV
(c) Pammy
(d) Nanny

4. What does Anne finally realize about her life?
(a) That she has a lot of pent-up anger
(b) That she is lucky to have survived
(c) That the loneliness will never totally go away
(d) That she needs to make some major changes

5. Operating Instructions is based on______________________.
(a) Taped conversations
(b) A series of diary entries
(c) Therapy sessions
(d) A focus group

6. Who is Pammy?
(a) Anne's mother
(b) Anne's sister
(c) Anne's neighbor
(d) Anne's long-time friend

7. In an strange way, Anne is happy to be single so that she does not have what?
(a) The stress of keeping a husband happy
(b) To keep the house clean
(c) Someone else messing up the house
(d) Share decisions with someone else

8. What does Anne decide about her single-parent status?
(a) That she will work hard to change it
(b) That she should not be ashamed of it
(c) That it is a cross she will have to bear
(d) That it is only temporary

9. What begins to change Anne's frantic moods from being so exhausted?
(a) Sam's colic goes away
(b) Sam begins to smile
(c) Anne hires a nanny
(d) Anne's mother takes Sam for a few days

10. What fear begins to emerge for Anne where Sam is concerned?
(a) Anne is afraid of California earthquakes
(b) Anne fears the world that Sam is destined to grow up in
(c) Anne is afraid of losing her job
(d) Anne is afraid of passing on bad genes

11. What does Anne call her messages from God?
(a) Operating instructions
(b) Divine intervention
(c) Miracles
(d) Spiritual guidebook

12. What is a regret that Anne has during the Christmas season?
(a) That she never got her Master's Degree
(b) That she never joined the Peace Corps
(c) That she never had a ballet career
(d) That her father did not live long enough to meet Sam

13. Where do Anne and Sam sleep?
(a) On the floor
(b) On a futon
(c) In a double bed
(d) On the couch

14. Given her past, Anne is in disbelief that ________________________________.
(a) She can stay clean and sober
(b) She can stay home every night
(c) She has been entrusted with the life of a child
(d) She is not working all night

15. In what city is Anne's baby born?
(a) Sacramento
(b) Oakland
(c) San Francisco
(d) Los Angeles

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Anne attribute some of Sam's colicky behavior?

2. Who is not thrilled about Sam's arrival?

3. What does Anne notice at this point in time?

4. How does Anne learn that she will keep the baby?

5. What disappointment still continues to haunt Anne?

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