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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the adults in Aleka's life try to do?
(a) Help her fight her fear
(b) Lock her in her room
(c) Make her stop crying
(d) Put her on medications

2. What about Anne's looks has always given her trouble?
(a) Her gangly legs
(b) Her kinky hair
(c) Her big ears
(d) Her long feet

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

4. What is a typical problem for Anne and Sam?
(a) Sam won't eat dinner.
(b) They are short on money.
(c) The car breaks down.
(d) Sam refuses to go to bed.

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anne wish her family had had their pictures taken?

2. Sam says that he does not believe in Jesus, but believes in _______________________.

3. What is Anne's favorite prayer?

4. Why does Akela remain indoors at a Fourth of July picnic at her grandmother's house?

5. What does Anne realize about herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Anne fully discover God?

2. What does Anne mean by "the land of the fucked"?

3. Explain Anne's preliminary attempt to quit drinking alcohol.

4. Anne uses many metaphors in her writing. For example, what does Anne mean about Olivia's illness being a canvas and support being a barn raising?

5. In addition to alcohol abuse, what other destructive behavior does Anne have?

6. How does Anne's neurotic nature exhibit when she has a suspicious mole?

7. What happens when Anne takes Sam to a substitute pediatrician when his own pediatrician is out of town?

8. What fear does Anne's friend, Neshama's, granddaughter, Akela have?

9. What does Anne call "God's In Box?"

10. What does Anne mean by the term "nonchalant sadism"?

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