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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 does Anne realize she needs to do in order to survive financially?

2. What is Anne given immediately after being admitted?

3. What is Anne's idea of normal for a family?

4. How does Anne feel most of the time?

5. What does Anne begin to feed Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Anne's thoughts now on having a man in her life?

2. What happens to calm Anne's angst about Sam not having a good male influence in his life?

3. What does Anne recall about her own seventh and eighth grade experiences that she finds the prospect of Sam's living through them so daunting?

4. Explain Anne's belief in God and her faith that He will provide for her and Sam.

5. What milestone does Anne reach in Part 12?

6. What milestone does Sam reach shortly before his first birthday?

7. What is the premise for Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

8. What is Anne's delivery experience?

9. Explain the irony of Pammy still taking care of Anne even though Pammy is the one with the terminal illness.

10. What is the nature of the depression that Anne experiences in Part 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Anne means when she says, "God hasn't brought me this far to drop me on my head now." Explain Anne's devotion to God and the importance of faith in her life. Provide examples.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of Sam's father in Anne's life. What angers Anne about his abandonment of her and her unborn child? What dos Anne convince herself of in order to manage through this emotional wound? Why does Anne fight Sam's father's legal motions to deny paternity?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the conflict Anne feels about Sam during his colic attacks. Are Anne's feelings normal? Why or why not? What options were available to Anne to relieve the situation? Explain.

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