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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than Sam, Anne is tremendously grateful for _____________________.
(a) A royalty check
(b) A loyal network of family and friends
(c) Maternity leave
(d) Cable TV

2. When an associate pastor from her church comes to help, what does he do to help Anne?
(a) Does the laundry
(b) Loads the dishwasher
(c) Cleans the bathroom
(d) Changes the oil in the car

3. What does Anne call her photo composition of a sonogram, Polaroid picture and crucifix?
(a) Gallery content
(b) Self portrait
(c) Inspirational collage
(d) Family portrait

4. What is Anne's idea of normal for a family?
(a) There is no such thing as normal
(b) The presence of a husband and father
(c) A mother is quite enough for a child
(d) Anything as long as a child is loved

5. What do Pammy and her husband struggle with?
(a) The kids
(b) Infertility
(c) The mortgage
(d) The in-laws

6. What happens one day when Anne and Sam are sleeping?
(a) The cat sits on Sam
(b) Sam rolls off the futon
(c) Anne rolls onto Sam
(d) Anne rolls off the futon

7. What does Anne show Sam in a store window?
(a) Her latest book
(b) A train
(c) Christmas decorations
(d) A mannequin

8. How does Anne describe her newborn son?
(a) "Small as a gnome"
(b) "Red as a strawberry"
(c) "Wrinkly as a breakfast prune"
(d) "The most beautiful thing I had ever seen"

9. What are the party-goers impressed by?
(a) Anne's mothering abilities
(b) The champagne
(c) The band
(d) The food

10. What upset Anne about her pre-teen years?
(a) Peer pressure and loneliness
(b) Coming from a divorced family
(c) Coming from a poor family
(d) Wearing braces

11. How old is Anne when she is pregnant?
(a) 30
(b) 35
(c) 25
(d) 22

12. The diary entries in Part 2 encompass ___________________________ of Sam's life.
(a) The first week
(b) The first year
(c) The second year
(d) The first month

13. What is a little unsettling for Anne?
(a) The fact that she is having twins
(b) The fact that she does not know who the baby's father is
(c) The fact that she does not have the finances to raise a child
(d) The fact that she is having a boy

14. What does Anne begin to feed Sam?
(a) Water
(b) Goat's milk
(c) Apple juice
(d) Soy formula

15. What does Anne realize she needs to do in order to survive financially?
(a) Get a full-time job
(b) Sell some stocks
(c) Take on more freelance work
(d) Sell her house

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month are the diary entries written for Part 4?

2. What suggestion from the doctor does Anne resist about Sam's colic?

3. What is Anne's greatest fear about having a child?

4. Given her past, Anne is in disbelief that ________________________________.

5. Where is Sam baptized?

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