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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 type of career does Cindy pursue?

2. What is Toni most afraid of?

3. In Book Two: Unto Us Is Born, Who does Bart accuse of wanting him sexually?

4. What does Catherine discover about Bart when he is in the chapel?

5. What does Cindy want to go to school for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does the anonymous call have on the family?

2. What changes the relationship between Bart and Toni?

3. Why does Melodie leave?

4. What is Bart's reaction to Cindy having a boyfriend?

5. Why is this chapter referred to as Book Three: Heaven Can't Wait?

6. How does Melodie feel about and react to having twins?

7. What is the significance of Jory's illness?

8. Is Bart insane? Explain.

9. What does Jory think about his own potential love life in Book Three?

10. What type of offensive sermon does Joel give in the chapel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Melodie selfish? Does she fault herself for Jory's accident? Does this explain some of her selfishness? Are Melodie's actions justifiable?

Essay Topic 2

Why is background information so significant to this story? If Catherine did not provide background information to the reader, how would the novel suffer? What does background information help the reader understand?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Bart infatuated with Melodie? What does he want with Melodie? What types of intentions does he have? Are his feelings genuine?

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