Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Anne Lamott
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Anne Lamott
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anne is the child of ______________.
(a) Catholics
(b) Baptists
(c) Methodists
(d) atheists

2. What is Anne's drug of choice when she is 28?
(a) Uppers
(b) Marijuana
(c) Cocaine
(d) Vicodin

3. Who is the woman in Anne's church who strongly disapproves of the answer to #26?
(a) Ranola
(b) Ranier
(c) Ramona
(d) Randa

4. In what city is Anne waiting to board a plane?
(a) Memphis
(b) Kansas City
(c) St. Louis
(d) New Orleans

5. What cause does Anne recall protesting with her father years ago?
(a) The bans on gay marriage
(b) The war in Vietnam
(c) The Republican National Convention
(d) Death penalties and inhumane conditions

6. What does Anne like to do?
(a) Watch TV
(b) Swim
(c) Attend church
(d) Play softball

7. What turns Anne's life around during college?
(a) She has a great roommate.
(b) She gets a religious boyfriend.
(c) She reads Kierkgaard's "Fear and Trembling."
(d) She takes a religion class.

8. What does Anne think when her plane finally levels out after hours of delay, bomb inspections, and turbulence?
(a) She just wants to get home.
(b) She is never coming to St. Louis again.
(c) She has been part of another miracle.
(d) She is never flying that airline again.

9. Why does Anne not allow Sam to accept the gift?
(a) He does not have any place to use it.
(b) Sam does not like baseball.
(c) She does not like him to watch TV.
(d) He will not be ready for at least ten years.

10. Where do Anne and Pammy spend most of their time?
(a) The Y
(b) Shelly's house
(c) The mall
(d) The record store

11. What is common among the children of the sixties?
(a) Bell-bottoms
(b) Long hair
(c) Access to drugs and alcohol
(d) Music of British rock bands

12. On what day does Anne make Sam skip cartoons before school as a sign of respect for the dead?
(a) Passover
(b) Good Friday
(c) All Saints Day
(d) Ash Wednesday

13. Who is Anne's best friend while growing up?
(a) Sally
(b) Shelly
(c) Suzy
(d) Sandy

14. What does this woman do when the church elders take Holy Communion to her?
(a) She cries.
(b) She drops the wafer on the floor.
(c) She refuses it.
(d) She accepts it gladly.

15. Who raised Anne's father?
(a) His foster parents
(b) His grandparents
(c) His adopted parents
(d) Missionaries in Tokyo

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the book being read by the man next to Anne on the plane home?

2. What was the message on Anne's father's answering machine?

3. What do Anne's friends call her religious position?

4. Paley believes that women can be part of the equal rights movement without giving up _____________________.

5. What is Anne's word for fraud?

(see the answer keys)

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