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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 many times did the rental car spin in before it finally landed in a ditch and no one was hurt?

2. What was the name that John and Martha had first decided to call their new baby?

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

4. What does Martha discover the next day that reminds her of the incident in the stairwell?

5. What happens in Martha's gender seminar that causes others to find out she is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the two medical issues that John and Martha faced when he returned from his trip overseas?

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

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

7. Why did Deirdre and Sibyl say they were willing to help Martha out in her condition?

8. What were some of the struggles that Martha faced when she began the new semester?

9. What happened to Martha that leads her to have to tell others that she is pregnant, even though she doesn't want to do so?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martha has as dream which prompts her to have more prenatal testing on her child.

Part 1: Do you think that dreams are able to give sound advice?

Part 2: Why do you think Martha decided to listen to this dream that she had?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond if you had a dream that told you to do something?

Essay Topic 2

The book itself is a memoir, told from the perspective of Martha as she learns about giving birth to a child who has Down Syndrome.

Part 1: Why do you think bringing up a child with Down Syndrome is more difficult?

Part 2: How might you respond if you heard your child was to be born with Down Syndrome?

Part 3: Do you think a person should abort a child if they know they're going to have developmental disorders?

Essay Topic 3

A student berates Martha for falling for the stereotype of the weak woman who has morning sickness.

Part 1: Why do you think the student feels a woman is weak for having morning sickness?

Part 2: How do you feel about a person who considers another person's sickness to be a weakness?

Part 3: How would you have responded to the student if you were in Martha's shoes?

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