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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. Why does Anne invite Olivia and her family over one night?
(a) To watch fireworks
(b) To bake cookies
(c) To sing Christmas carols
(d) To watch an eclipse

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

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

4. Of what does Anne's father die?
(a) Melanoma
(b) Kidney failure
(c) A stroke
(d) A car accident

5. What does Anne obsess about after her father's death?
(a) Her loneliness
(b) Her mole
(c) Her inheritance
(d) Her guilt

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Anne and Sam go for a vacation with friends?

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

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

4. What does Anne call Sam's legs?

5. To what does Anne compare Olivia's illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anne's favorite prayer?

2. How does Anne use humor to deal with her unruly hair?

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

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

5. Why is Anne drawn to bathrooms during this time of waiting to find out what is wrong with Sam?

6. Why does Anne think it is appropriate that she is in Houston with a man with whom she is having a troubled relationship?

7. Explain the situation that helps Akela begin to overcome her fear?

8. How does Anne deal with the approach of middle age?

9. What is the role of Anne's "Butt Mind"?

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

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