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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Anne reads a story about the death of a small child?
(a) She will not take Sam outside
(b) She inspects all of Sam's food
(c) She will not let anyone else hold Sam
(d) She thinks something terrible is going to happen to Sam

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

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

4. Why does Anne primarily want a husband?
(a) So she can have some adult conversation
(b) So someone can support her and Sam
(c) So she will not grow old alone
(d) So she has someone to share Sam's experiences with

5. In what month do the entries in Part 3 occur?
(a) April
(b) October
(c) August
(d) December

6. How does Anne know she is strong enough to raise a child now?
(a) She has more money
(b) She has a big house
(c) She enjoys different experiences
(d) She has battled addictions and won

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

8. Who is not thrilled about Sam's arrival?
(a) Anne's father
(b) The next door neighbors
(c) Sam's biological father
(d) Anne's cat

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

10. From what disease did Anne's father die?
(a) Lung cancer
(b) Brain cancer
(c) Colon cancer
(d) Pancreatic cancer

11. Where does Anne host a post-Baptism party?
(a) A local restaurant
(b) Pammy's house
(c) The beach
(d) A local park

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

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. What happens to relieve Anne's financial worries?
(a) She gets an offer to write a monthly magazine column
(b) She gets money from her father's estate
(c) She gets a full-time job offer
(d) Sam's father begins sending support money

15. How can Anne's emotions be defined at this point?
(a) Leveled out
(b) Depressed
(c) Euphoric
(d) Unpredictable

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of parent will Anne soon become?

2. Who are Rex and Dudu?

3. What issue does Anne worry that Sam will wonder about?

4. With what is Sam afflicted?

5. What does Anne indulge in?

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