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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Anne and Pammy fear?
(a) That Anne will get the same thing Pammy has
(b) That Pammy will lose her faith
(c) That Pammy will have to move to a warmer climate
(d) That Pammy will not be around to watch Sam grow up

2. What does Anne do to manage the news about Pammy?
(a) Goes into denial
(b) Looks up information
(c) Starts drinking again
(d) Focuses on Sam

3. Why does Anne resist her urges to drink or get high?
(a) She fears her mother's censure
(b) She can't find a good babysitter
(c) Because she needs to be a good mother to Sam
(d) She doesn't have anybody to do it with

4. What does Anne consider Sam's presence in her life to be?
(a) A chore
(b) A nuisance
(c) A miracle
(d) A mistake

5. What is new about Sam's eating habits?
(a) He loves fruit smoothies
(b) He spits up everything
(c) He can eat solid foods
(d) He is drinking from a bottle

6. How does Anne view every little illness or injury Sam sustains?
(a) It will pass soon enough
(b) It can be managed through prayer
(c) It is nothing to get worked up about
(d) It will develop into a life-threatening situation

7. What does Anne instinctively know about Pammy?
(a) She will battle the disease for a long time
(b) She will be cured
(c) She will go into remission
(d) She will succumb to her illness

8. What is Sam's latest accomplishment?
(a) He is talking
(b) He is counting
(c) He is standing
(d) He is skipping

9. What is Anne battling?
(a) Depression
(b) Rude neighbors
(c) The IRS
(d) Creditors

10. How does Pammy seem when she returns home?
(a) Fatalistic
(b) Rejuvenated
(c) Exhausted
(d) Pale and wan

11. How does Anne feel when Pammy and her husband go away for a week?
(a) Sad
(b) Anxious
(c) Somewhat grateful
(d) Ecstatic

12. Pammy tells Anne that she ______________________________.
(a) Is going to hospice
(b) Is terrified of dying
(c) Lives in the moment
(d) Has made out her will

13. Where does Sam sleep now?
(a) On a futon in the den
(b) In a crib in another bedroom
(c) In the dining room
(d) On a mattress on the floor

14. What can be determined by Anne in this chapter?
(a) She has no more addiction urges
(b) She is not cut out to be a mother
(c) She will always be in recovery for substance abuse
(d) She would give up Sam for a good man

15. What is the nature of the disease?
(a) Remission
(b) Curable
(c) Slow growing
(d) Aggressive

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam's eating style?

2. Who is Megan?

3. What does Anne realize about any relationships she will have in her life?

4. Who else's birthday falls in this month?

5. What does Anne wonder as she watches Sam crawl?

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