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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. In what month do the entries in Part 3 occur?
(a) August
(b) December
(c) October
(d) April

2. What does Anne call her messages from God?
(a) Divine intervention
(b) Miracles
(c) Spiritual guidebook
(d) Operating instructions

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

4. What is occurring that allows Anne to feel more centered?
(a) Anne gets a better paying job
(b) Sam's father has returned
(c) Sam is sleeping through the night
(d) Anne's mother has moved in

5. What upset Anne about her pre-teen years?
(a) Peer pressure and loneliness
(b) Coming from a poor family
(c) Wearing braces
(d) Coming from a divorced family

Short Answer Questions

1. Operating Instructions is based on______________________.

2. Why does Anne primarily want a husband?

3. What happens to relieve Anne's financial worries?

4. What disappointment still continues to haunt Anne?

5. What suggestion from the doctor does Anne resist about Sam's colic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Sam's arrival influenced Anne's relationship with her mother?

2. What frightens Anne about the world in which Sam will grow up?

3. What is Anne's favorite way of bonding with Sam?

4. How has Sam's birth affected Anne and the people in her life?

5. How does Anne exhibit what she calls one of her worst personality traits?

6. Why is Anne's determined focus on Sam a stronger coping mechanism than she may think?

7. What frightening experience does Anne have with Sam one day in the car?

8. How does Anne feel about breastfeeding now that she has become comfortable with it?

9. What is the devastating news learned about Pammy and what does Anne do to cope?

10. Explain what it is that Anne learns how to do which had previously been difficult for her.

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