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

2. Most of all, Anne hopes to do what for her son?
(a) Send him to college
(b) Give him a solid religious foundation
(c) Spare him pain
(d) Send him to military school

3. What does Anne admit is one of her worst personality traits?
(a) Greed
(b) Lust
(c) Jealousy
(d) Gluttony

4. How does Anne think she might lose Sam?
(a) If she doesn't get a bigger house
(b) If she drinks any alcohol
(c) If she does any drugs
(d) If she does not feed him

5. Who is Sam?
(a) A serial killer
(b) The author's neighbor
(c) The author's editor
(d) The author's son

Short Answer Questions

1. Sam's father wanted Anne to __________________________.

2. Operating Instructions is based on______________________.

3. What doe Anne long for?

4. With what is Sam afflicted?

5. What is a regret that Anne has during the Christmas season?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Anne's determined focus on Sam a stronger coping mechanism than she may think?

2. How is Sam formally initiated into a church family?

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

4. What symbolism does Anne find in the way Sam has learned to crawl?

5. What startling event occurs when Anne and Sam are sleeping?

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

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

8. How has Sam's arrival influenced Anne's relationship with her mother?

9. What does Anne recall about her own seventh and eighth grade experiences that she finds the prospect of Sam's living through them so daunting?

10. What is Sam's progress during February?

(see the answer keys)

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