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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. When did Mariah begin building dollhouses?

2. What does a clown paint on Mariah's face?

3. What did Millie call days when she would let Mariah skip school?

4. What does an MRI and a CT scan reveal about Faith?

5. Where does Mariah go after she finds the book Faith wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mariah want Faith to talk to a Priest?

2. What did Mariah do when she attended a circus the year she was seven?

3. Describe Mariah's home.

4. Why did Mariah not tell anyone she was pregnant when she went to Greenhaven?

5. What does Faith see in her dreams on the night of August 30?

6. What does Faith realize when her mother begins saying, "Oh, God. God. Oh my God."?

7. When is the only time Mariah remembers Faith asking about God?

8. What questions does Dr. Keller ask when she presents Faith's case at a psychiatric symposium?

9. Why should Mariah and Faith not have been home when her mother called?

10. Why is Dr. De Vries qualified to diagnose Faith's illness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of Chapter 1, the author quotes Milton saying, "Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth [u]nseen, both when we wake and when we sleep." How is the quote a theme in the novel? Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

On August 30, Faith "knows that truth can cause a sharp pain behind your eyes and that love sometimes feels like a fist around your throat. Explain how truth can cause pain and how love can be compared to a fist around the throat. Use examples from the novel that show when Faith might have experienced times when truth was painful and times when love felt like it was strangling her.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, characters question whether God and the supernatural are real. Choose one of the characters from the novel and use their arguments to argue whether God and the supernatural are real or not. Use examples and dialogue that the character uses in the novel.

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