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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Anne have a birthday celebration for Sam?
(a) When he is one year old
(b) When he is one month old
(c) When he is three weeks old
(d) When he is six months old

2. What event causes little Sam some emotional and physical distress?
(a) An ear infection
(b) Circumcision
(c) Breathing treatments
(d) Getting a bath

3. What does Anne tell her therapist?
(a) That she still mourns for her father
(b) That she isn't good enough to have a husband
(c) That sometimes she cannot tolerate her own baby
(d) That she yearns to go back to work

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to Pammy, who serves as a labor coach for Anne

2. What type of parent will Anne soon become?

3. In what month are the journal entries for Part 6 written?

4. Where is Sam's father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne end her journal of the first year of Sam's life?

2. Explain the emotional complications surrounding the legal motions initiated by Sam's father.

3. How has Sam's birth affected Anne and the people in her life?

4. What does Anne finally admit is her biggest fear for her child?

5. What are Anne's thoughts now on having a man in her life?

6. Explain what it is that Anne learns how to do which had previously been difficult for her.

7. How does Anne feel about breastfeeding now that she has become comfortable with it?

8. What is the devastating news learned about Pammy and what does Anne do to cope?

9. What is the symbolism of the touching fingers in the story to Anne's life in Part 11.

10. What is the physical and emotional toll of Pammy's illness in Part 10?

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