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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne call it when parents leave their normal lives behind and spend time with other families of sick children?
(a) Bubble Boy time
(b) Hospitalville
(c) Everybody mask-up time
(d) The land of the fucked

2. What does Anne know about the men she meets?
(a) None of them has enough money
(b) None of them will ever replace her father
(c) None of them will accept Sam
(d) None of them wants to get married

3. How long does Anne's resolve to quit drinking on the day she awakens and makes the decision?
(a) One year
(b) One week
(c) Until five in the afternoon
(d) One month

4. What type of swimsuit does Anne wear?
(a) A polka-dotted bikini
(b) A fuschia tankini
(c) Boy shorts and tank top
(d) A black one-piece

5. What are two foods that Anne craves?
(a) Pudding and cake
(b) Cheetoes and frosting
(c) Steaks and burritos
(d) Burgers and fries

6. What does Anne tell Sam it is important to do in all of life's situations?
(a) Read
(b) Eat
(c) Walk on the beach
(d) Sing

7. How does Anne describe the car loaned by the auto mechanic's shop?
(a) A Dukes and Hazzard car
(b) A Flintstones car
(c) A Blues Brothers car
(d) A Starsky and Hutch car

8. Why does Anne take Sam to a substitute doctor?
(a) They have changed insurance plans.
(b) Anne no longer likes Sam's pediatrician.
(c) His pediatrician does not have any emergency appointments available.
(d) His pediatrician is out of town.

9. What does Anne announce that she is going to practice?
(a) Tennis
(b) Yoga
(c) Piano
(d) Cronehood

10. How old does Anne say she is when she learns to feed herself?
(a) 33
(b) 9
(c) 1
(d) 2

11. Where is Anne when she finally realizes that her father is dead?
(a) The mall
(b) The Astrodome
(c) Rothko Chapel
(d) The movies

12. What doe Anne make on the night Olivia is born?
(a) Heart-shaped shortbread cookies
(b) Pancakes in the shape of an O
(c) Tiny cupcakes
(d) Lemon meringue pie

13. What disease does Ella's sister, Olivia, have?
(a) Cystic Fibrosis
(b) Leukemia
(c) Muscular Dystrophy
(d) Juvenile Diabetes

14. Why does Akela remain indoors at a Fourth of July picnic at her grandmother's house?
(a) A thunderstorm is brewing.
(b) She has eaten too many cookies.
(c) People have brought pets.
(d) The fireworks make too much noise.

15. What is Sam's eventual diagnosis?
(a) Cystic Fibrosis
(b) Leukemia
(c) Juvenile Diabetes
(d) An allergy

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sam throw a tantrum when it is time to leave the beach?

2. Anne says her mother was not always as ______________ as she is now.

3. What does Anne realize about herself?

4. What do the adults in Aleka's life try to do?

5. What does Anne's friend, Marlene, create for Anne?

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