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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 does Deirdre say that she found when she was helped by someone else during her tough time?
(a) Her power.
(b) Her courage.
(c) A new start.
(d) Will to live.

2. How many children do Martha and John have besides Adam?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. How many flights of stairs does Martha have to walk down in order to reach safety?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. What was the name that John and Martha had first decided to call their new baby?
(a) Isaiah.
(b) Eric.
(c) Christen.
(d) John.

5. What does the helpful strange offer to Martha, which was exactly what she had been craving?
(a) Groceries.
(b) Movies.
(c) A babysitter.
(d) A new book.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday do John and Martha bring dozens of books to study, according to her account in the book?

2. What does Martha receive when she gets home from the holiday, according to her account in the book?

3. What does Martha wake up to in the middle of the night after feeling ill during the day?

4. Where does Martha go in order to make sure that her baby was not harmed in the incident?

5. Who decides to relent in the argument between John and Martha about the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened right when John leaves for his next trip for his consulting job, so he doesn't know this has happened?

2. What news did Martha find out from a nurse practitioner when she arrived back from the holidays?

3. What made Martha and John nervous about the consulting job that John took?

4. Why did Martha find herself growing weaker and weaker when she was taking care of Katie on her own?

5. What was the story that Deirdre shares that is surprising like Martha's?

6. What act of generosity moved Martha when she came up to the ambulance to have someone check her baby?

7. What did the daycare that was closest to Harvard require in order to admit Katie to their program?

8. What was the subject matter and the time period that this book covered?

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

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

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