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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 battle does Anne fight in the essay entitled "Thirst"?
(a) Sam's education
(b) Alcohol addiction
(c) Legal problems
(d) Estate issues

2. What mantra does Akela's psychiatrist tell her to chant when she is afraid?
(a) I am in God's hands.
(b) This will pass.
(c) He's got the whole world in His hands.
(d) God is bigger than the boogeyman.

3. To what does Anne compare Olivia's illness?
(a) A nightmare
(b) A plague
(c) A pall
(d) A canvas

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

5. How does everything in the city seem to Anne?
(a) Broken
(b) Dingy
(c) Gleaming
(d) Small

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne seem to be bothered by her mother today?

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

3. What is the name of Anne and Sam's dog?

4. How does Anne view her thighs and butt?

5. To whom does Anne liken God in the story about Elijah?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Anne compare a muddy walk on the beach to a river baptism described to her by Mary, the woman who used to give her little bags of dimes?

5. Why is Anne bothered by spending a day on the beach with her mother?

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

7. What is Anne's favorite prayer?

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

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

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

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