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

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

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

Anne Lamott
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sam acting so morose?
(a) He is homesick.
(b) He misses his father.
(c) He grieves for Pammy.
(d) He is getting a cold.

2. What is the state of Anne's friend, Pammy's, household?
(a) Pammy's mother is always passed out
(b) Pammy's mother hires a housekeeper
(c) Pammy's mother is a workaholic
(d) Pammy's mother cannot cook a simple meal

3. What does Anne do when she realizes Sam is watching cartoons?
(a) Grounds him for two weeks
(b) Spanks him
(c) Takes away TV privileges for two weeks
(d) Grabs him by the arm and sends him to his room

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

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

6. Why does Anne say she always prayed at night?
(a) She wasn't doing well in school.
(b) She was afraid of the dark.
(c) She didn't want her parents to divorce.
(d) She knew someone was listening.

7. What does a man offer Sam as a birthday gift?
(a) Tickets for a ballgame
(b) A video game
(c) A paragliding ride
(d) A ball bat

8. Why does a typically cheerful woman in the church become morose?
(a) Her husband has died.
(b) She is losing her sight.
(c) She must leave her house.
(d) She learns that she has cancer.

9. What happens on the second night of the lecture series?
(a) Anne gets ill and cannot participate.
(b) Anne and Grace follow the original plan.
(c) Grace gets ill and cannot participate.
(d) The presentation is a flop.

10. Who does Anne select when she decides she must forgive someone?
(a) The mother of one of Sam's classmates
(b) Her mother
(c) Her ex-lover
(d) Her dead father

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

12. Whose strong presence does Anne feel one night when she is scared?
(a) Buddha
(b) Her grandmother
(c) Jesus
(d) Her father

13. What does Anne say about her parents and their friends?
(a) They are idiots
(b) They are kind
(c) They are simple
(d) They are intellectuals

14. Paley believes that women can be part of the equal rights movement without giving up _____________________.
(a) pedicures
(b) children
(c) traditional feminine things
(d) husbands

15. What does this same man do the next day at the resort?
(a) Goes windsurfing
(b) Goes parasailing
(c) Goes water skiing
(d) Goes snorkeling

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman do Anne and Sam visit because she is dying?

2. Anne says she is not one of those Christians ___________________.

3. What happens to Anne's father at the age of 54?

4. Why do Anne and Sam go to Idaho?

5. Anne gets good grades in high school in spite of _________________________.

(see the answer keys)

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