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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. What drug does Dr. Keller want to prescribe for Faith?

2. What is Colin's job?

3. Faith had not spoken since her father left. What is the first word that she says?

4. Why are Mariah and Faith home at the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Faith do to her grandmother when she gets to the room where her grandmother lies dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why, from the beginning, did Mariah believe that she and Colin were not meant to be together?

3. In Chapter 3, does Mariah believe that Faith may be talking to God?

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

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

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

7. What are certain things that Mariah does not like to talk about?

8. How does the librarian figure out what book Faith wants?

9. What does Rabbi Weissman say about Faith's vision?

10. Why does Mariah tell her mother about drowning Priscilla?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of the novel, Millie tells Mariah that "being a family isn't a social construct, but an instinct." Using examples from the novel, explain why family is not a social construct, but an instinct.

Essay Topic 2

Motherhood is a frequent theme in the novel. At one point, Millie states that motherhood is a work in process. Discuss whether motherhood is or is not a work process.

Essay Topic 3

At the beginning of Chapter 15, Picoult uses a quote from Sophocles. Explain how the novel shows that "[c]hildren are the anchors that hold a mother to life."

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