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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. Of what is Akela terrified?
(a) The wind
(b) Animals
(c) The dark
(d) Thunderstorms

2. Who is Anne's friend who has a granddaughter named Akela?
(a) Natalie
(b) Nigra
(c) Nicole
(d) Neshama

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

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

5. What does thinking of Heaven remind Anne of?
(a) Christmas angels
(b) God is on her side
(c) Her father
(d) Beautiful music

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne says that she is too ______________ to die.

2. What has Anne been all her life?

3. Where does Anne spend a day with her mother?

4. What is Sam's eventual diagnosis?

5. How does Anne describe the car loaned by the auto mechanic's shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What really bothers Anne about witnessing the man abusing his dog on the beach one day?

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

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

6. 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?

7. When does Anne fully realize that her father is dead?

8. What is Anne's favorite prayer?

9. Why does Anne set herself up for failure when she enters a sobriety program?

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

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