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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suggestion from the doctor does Anne resist about Sam's colic?
(a) Feeding him
(b) Letting him cry
(c) Using a vaporizer
(d) Medicating him

2. Anne resists the urge to eat ________________.
(a) A gallon of ice cream
(b) A whole plate of nachos
(c) A box of doughnuts
(d) A bag of popcorn

3. What does Anne think about the worries that most pregnant women have?
(a) She thinks most women overreact
(b) She thinks the women are ridiculous
(c) She thinks the women make up most of that stuff
(d) She does not share any of their worries

4. What amazes Anne about her own body?
(a) That it can nourish her child
(b) That it can create another human
(c) That it has gone back to normal size
(d) That it can function on little sleep

5. Anne has finally learned that she must ____________________________.
(a) Get Sam to sleep through the night
(b) Ask people for help
(c) Get a nanny
(d) Go back to work

6. Given her past, Anne is in disbelief that ________________________________.
(a) She can stay clean and sober
(b) She is not working all night
(c) She has been entrusted with the life of a child
(d) She can stay home every night

7. How old is Anne when she is pregnant?
(a) 35
(b) 22
(c) 25
(d) 30

8. What happens when Anne reads a story about the death of a small child?
(a) She thinks something terrible is going to happen to Sam
(b) She will not let anyone else hold Sam
(c) She will not take Sam outside
(d) She inspects all of Sam's food

9. Who is not thrilled about Sam's arrival?
(a) Anne's father
(b) Anne's cat
(c) The next door neighbors
(d) Sam's biological father

10. What does Anne decide about her single-parent status?
(a) That she will work hard to change it
(b) That she should not be ashamed of it
(c) That it is only temporary
(d) That it is a cross she will have to bear

11. In addition to Pammy, who serves as a labor coach for Anne
(a) Her friend, Alice
(b) Her mother
(c) Her neighbor
(d) Her brother, Steve

12. Who does Anne call about her breastfeeding issues?
(a) Pammy
(b) Her mother
(c) The La Leche League
(d) Her obstetrician

13. What is Anne given immediately after being admitted?
(a) Oxygen
(b) A glass of water
(c) An epidural
(d) Some gelatin

14. Who supports Anne emotionally during her early pregnancy?
(a) Her writing workshop student
(b) An old boyfriend who never wanted children
(c) The best friend of the man who abandoned her
(d) Her old tennis coach

15. What is a regret that Anne has during the Christmas season?
(a) That she never had a ballet career
(b) That she never joined the Peace Corps
(c) That her father did not live long enough to meet Sam
(d) That she never got her Master's Degree

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Anne and Sam sleep?

2. How old is Sam when he finally sleeps through the night?

3. Sam's father wanted Anne to __________________________.

4. What does Anne begin to feed Sam?

5. What is a little unsettling for Anne?

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