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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Anne reads a story about the death of a small child?

2. Why does Anne primarily want a husband?

3. In what city is Anne's baby born?

4. Anne has finally learned that she must ____________________________.

5. What does Anne wish about Sam?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of Anne's fears prior to giving birth?

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

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

5. What does Anne share about her first few days home with Sam?

6. What milestone does Sam reach shortly before his first birthday?

7. What are Anne's views on breastfeeding?

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

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

10. Describe Anne's experience prior to going into labor and delivering her baby.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Pammy's role in Anne's life. What is the nature of their friendship? Which one is more nurturing in the relationship? How does the relationship alter, if at all, with the diagnosis of Pammy's breast cancer?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Anne's use of humor in the book. Select two of the funniest events or descriptions and explain what makes them funny to you? Do you think Anne's humor is a literary tactic? Or is it just the real Anne coming through?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Anne's feelings about becoming a mother. How are her positive feelings tempered by the fact that she will be a single parent?

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