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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 is the name of the other child that is frequently mentioned in this story?
(a) Anna.
(b) Katie.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Julie.

2. What do John and Martha decide to do after they go to the doctor's office again?
(a) Walk in the park.
(b) Have coffee.
(c) Shop.
(d) Eat at a cafe.

3. What is the reason why Martha did not leave sooner than she probably should have?
(a) Katie's recital.
(b) False alarms in the past.
(c) Her dream.
(d) A phone call.

4. What kind of disorder does Martha have that causes her to have difficult pregnancies?
(a) Fibroids.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Autoimmune.
(d) Diabetes.

5. How many times did the rental car spin in before it finally landed in a ditch and no one was hurt?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Martha and John seem to fight more about their ________ structure than about other things on the holiday.

2. What does Martha believe is important at the school where she is attending to attain her PhD?

3. What thought melted from the mind of Martha as she heard the bells that rang like the ones at Boston Commons?

4. What does the helpful strange offer to Martha, which was exactly what she had been craving?

5. Who calls later in the night and lets Martha know that her vision was not a dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Martha when she is going down the stairwell during the emergency?

2. What was the vivid dream that Martha has, causing her to ask for more testing on her child?

3. What did Martha and John feel about the prospect of going to Harvard to get their degrees?

4. What did Martha have to deal with at school after John returned home from another business trip?

5. What happened to Martha after she begins to feel ill all day, though she ignores it?

6. What did Martha begin to think of when she saw her baby for the first time on the ultrasound?

7. How did Martha find out that she might not have been rescued as she thought she had?

8. Why did John try to persuade Martha to abort the baby, as they sat in a cafe?

9. Why didn't Martha leave the apartment right away when the grocery store incident happened?

10. What did Martha learn about Adam, even though he was only three years old and could not speak yet?

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