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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. How does Anne describe her God during this period?

2. What does Anne learn from this experience?

3. What does Anne realize is her problem with the woman at Sam's school?

4. Who is the gay man in her church who is dying from AIDS?

5. What is Anne's drug of choice when she is 28?

Short Essay Questions

1. What decision-making process does Anne use when determining whether or not she should let Sam go paragliding?

2. What two answering machine messages does Anne mention as being memorable to her?

3. When does Anne first encounter Jesus?

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

5. How does Anne change her perspective about Sam's classmate's mother?

6. How does Anne describe her church family?

7. 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?

8. How is Anne part of another little miracle?

9. What is Anne's plan of forgiveness when she realizes that she is one of those Christians who does not forgive?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Anne's position on abortion? After Anne has an abortion, she hemorrhages in her room and feels the presence of Jesus. How does this affect her decision not to abort when she becomes pregnant a second time?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Anne recalls spending time with her father as he protests for or against social causes. Why does Anne spend time in controversial episodes? Is it her nature? Or does she just want to be close to her father? Explain.

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