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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. Despite her situation, what does Kathleen try for the first time after her discovery at the clinic?
(a) She tries to commit suicide.
(b) She tries step aerobics.
(c) She tries shellfish.
(d) She tries alcohol.

2. Who intervenes during the incident Colleen had when she left her house after her nightmare?
(a) Cardinal Rooney.
(b) Anne Fitzgerald.
(c) A flock of birds.
(d) Colleen's mother.

3. How do people in Colleen's hometown treat her?
(a) They are unfriendly.
(b) They are helpful.
(c) They are friendly.
(d) They ignore her.

4. What city does Kathleen travel to?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Newport.

5. How is Colleen in a similar situation as Kathleen?
(a) She goes to a private school very similar to Kathleen's.
(b) She doesn't get along with her parents just like Kathleen.
(c) She is also a pregnant and claims to be a virgin.
(d) She has no friends just like Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathleen hear at the clinic that she has never heard before?

2. What is Father Rosetti's responsibility?

3. How is Jamie's personality described?

4. What is happening to the world during Collen a Kathleen's last few weeks of pregnancy?

5. Even though Father Rosetti is troubled, what does he continue to think about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How may it be a coincidence that an outbreak of polio erupts at the hospital Kathleen leaves in Rhode Island?

2. Based on the prophecy and what you have read thus far, which girl may be carrying the child of Satan?

3. Although it was something of an honor for the late Pope to share the prophecy with Father Rosetti, why might Father Rosetti believe it is not worth knowing?

4. How may the two virgin births, one of the savior and one being Satan's child, impact the world?

5. Why would Kathleen seek "solace" on the beach by her home?

6. What about Kathleen's story may have made Anne very skeptical?

7. When the reporter publishes the story on Kathleen, the church is not happy. Why may the church feel this story was detrimental?

8. Why may the people in Colleen's town be treating her differently?

9. Mrs. Walsh overhears the conversation between Anne and Kathleen's friends when Kathleen's boyfriend is revealed. She now believes that Kathleen is evil. Why might Mrs. Walsh feel this way?

10. As Kathleen walks through the unfamiliar streets of South Boston, it is described as cold and rundown. How is this description foreshadowing the mood of the story?

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