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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne talk about in addition to her faith?

2. What do Anne and Sam do when the car is in distress?

3. Why does Anne say she always prayed at night?

4. On what day does Anne make Sam skip cartoons before school as a sign of respect for the dead?

5. What quality does this woman have that Anne approves of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne become a true member of a church?

2. How is Anne like her activist father?

3. How is Anne part of another little miracle?

4. What is Anne's religious experience as a child?

5. What does Anne mean by "Traveling Mercies"?

6. How might the example of Anne's stalled car be considered a traveling mercy?

7. What is the perception about religion in Anne's home as she grows up?

8. When Anne and Sam are at Ixtapa for vacation, they are both still mourning the death of Anne's friend, Pammy. What happens to alter Anne's perspective a little?

9. Why does Anne admire a woman who rejects ministrations from the church elders?

10. How does Anne learn that she receives grace to overcome and endure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Anne's favorite prayer? Why do you think it is her favorite? Does she like the simplicity of it? Does she like it because it is easy to remember? Does she like it because it sums up everything for her? Or is it all of these things? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Anne is the child of atheists yet enjoys going to church with other people. Why does Anne enjoy religious experiences? Why does Anne say she always prays at night but does not ever tell anyone about it?

Essay Topic 3

Anne reaches a point when she is drinking to realize that she should no longer drive so she gets rid of her car. Why is this flawed logic? What other options could Anne have considered that would have been fundamentally more beneficial to her life?

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