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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. Who is not thrilled about Sam's arrival?

2. What does Anne call her messages from God?

3. Who is Brian?

4. What does Anne begin to feed Sam?

5. How did Anne spend the final months of her father's life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What frightening experience does Anne have with Sam one day in the car?

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

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

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

5. What milestone does Anne reach in Part 12?

6. What treatments and coping mechanisms is Pammy using to fight her cancer?

7. What are Anne's New Year's hopes for the future?

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

9. How does Anne exhibit what she calls one of her worst personality traits?

10. Explain the irony of Pammy still taking care of Anne even though Pammy is the one with the terminal illness.

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

Anne's father was also a writer and the family has a volatile income which did not provide much security. Do you think that Anne is afraid that she has inherited her father's fluctuating financial patterns as well as his gift for words? Explain what qualities Anne has that will not allow her to follow in all of her father's footsteps.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what Anne means by this statement: "There's so much joy and pain and love and wonder in my chest and behind my eyes." What is she talking about?

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