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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 was Anne's mother's reaction to Anne's pregnancy?
2. What suggestion from the doctor does Anne resist about Sam's colic?
3. What does Anne begin to feed Sam?
4. What issue does Anne worry that Sam will wonder about?
5. What is the content of the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Explain the emotional complications surrounding the legal motions initiated by Sam's father.
3. What does the futon episode remind Anne of?
4. What is Anne's delivery experience?
5. What toll is Pammy's illness taking on Anne in Part 12?
6. What is the physical and emotional toll of Pammy's illness in Part 10?
7. Explain Anne's belief in God and her faith that He will provide for her and Sam.
8. What frightening experience does Anne have with Sam one day in the car?
9. Explain what it is that Anne learns how to do which had previously been difficult for her.
10. What is the nature of the depression that Anne experiences in Part 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Even though Anne was not married to Sam's father they did have a relatively strong relationship and it hurt her deeply when he left after the revelation of her pregnancy. Explain the act of abandonment. How does it impact those who are left behind as well as those who leave? Is an abandoned person always expecting to be abandoned again? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Explain what Anne means when she says, "God hasn't brought me this far to drop me on my head now." Explain Anne's devotion to God and the importance of faith in her life. Provide examples.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the conflict of Anne, the eclectic artist and Anne, the traditionalist. What activities and though patterns can be attributed to "each" Anne? Determine which Anne gets the upper hand by the end of the book.
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