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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 grade was Janine in when she had to debate Roe vs. Wade?

2. How old was Lil when a boy in Sunday School told her she could not play pirates with him and the other boys?

3. Where did Rachel hide when Vonita was shot?

4. When Joy went to the pro-life clinic, how many days did she have before she was not legally able to have an abortion in Mississippi?

5. How long did Wren practice going from park to drive with her foot on the brake?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Wren was in middle school, what would Hugh pack in her lunches?

2. What was going on when Hugh walked into the police department?

3. Who was a witness to the first shootings and escaped the clinic?

4. What happened when Janine confessed to being pro-choice?

5. How had Aunt Bex been a mother to Wren?

6. What are the bad things and the good thing that Joy considers as she sits in the waiting room with the other hostages?

7. What did the waiting room look like when George herded five of the hostages into the room?

8. What music did Joy listen to while she was in the recovery room and why?

9. Why was Olive at the Center?

10. What advice did Graciela give Janine when she was pretending to be pregnant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wren is raised by her father. Who does Wren turn to when there is a crisis? What does Wren think of her father? What does he think of her? Why does Wren think she is lucky to have her father? How would you describe the relationship between Hugh and Wren and why is it unusual?

Essay Topic 2

Wren is in many ways an atypical teenager. In what ways is Wren an ordinary teenager? In what ways is she an unusual teenager? What makes Wren an atypical teenager?

Essay Topic 3

In the Epilogue, Wren changes the sign pro-lifers put on the fence at the Center. What did the sign say? Why did Wren change the sign? What was the significance of how she changed the sign?

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