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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. How does Anne learn that she will keep the baby?
(a) After rescuing a baby in a dream
(b) After going to an orphanage
(c) After talking to a priest
(d) After talking to her mother

2. What type of parent will Anne soon become?
(a) Single parent
(b) Divorced mother
(c) Mother in a married couple
(d) Stepmother

3. How does Anne feel most of the time?
(a) Scared
(b) Euphoric
(c) Guilty
(d) Tired

4. What does Anne wish about Sam?
(a) That he were a girl
(b) That he had more hair
(c) That he were in school
(d) That he could stay in his current stage forever

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne realize she needs to do in order to survive financially?

2. Where does Anne regularly take Sam?

3. What are the party-goers impressed by?

4. Who are Rex and Dudu?

5. What happens one day when Anne and Sam are sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What startling information does Anne receive about activities initiated by Sam's father?

2. What is Anne's favorite way of bonding with Sam?

3. What does the futon episode remind Anne of?

4. What is the relationship between Anne and Sam's father?

5. What is Anne's biggest fear about having a boy?

6. Explain Anne's belief in God and her faith that He will provide for her and Sam.

7. What frightens Anne about the world in which Sam will grow up?

8. What toll is Pammy's illness taking on Anne in Part 12?

9. What is the premise for Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

10. Explain how Anne compares her life to experiences volunteering for the Special Olympics.

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