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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. After one operation, what could the author see in Hermanito?

2. What does the author fail to do as her stay begins to move away from being strictly narrative?

3. In this last section, what is the author's writing style?

4. How does Johanna's tone change in the last section of the book?

5. Why has Hermanito chosen Pachita?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the inner witness be infallible?

2. As Johanna continues to work with Pachita, who does Johanna feel she is having difficulty connecting with?

3. What must all people study according to Johanna?

4. Upon returning to the United States, what groups does Johanna begin to join?

5. Why is the title of the section, "Exodus," symbolic?

6. How is this chapter different from the rest of the book?

7. What other advice does the author offer to people who are lost and seeking God?

8. What important character is Johanna introduced to after she joins the Light and Power House?

9. Why does arguing with the author seem useless?

10. As the chapter "Signs and Wonders" begins, what worries Johanna's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are extremely distinct style and tone shifts throughout Johanna's narrative.

1. State the four different styles that Johanna shifts between.

2. What sections have which tones associated with them?

3. How does Johanna weave her tale but also concisely change the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

It seems as though it is very difficult for Johanna to become close to men. Finally, after meeting her husband, she finds peace in a relationship. Describe her relationships with the following men below:

Her father

Damon

Beck

Hermanito

Essay Topic 3

The author presents herself to the reader in two different ways.

1. In the first half of her book, what role does Johanna seem to play? How does she identify herself in this role?

2. Now, answer the same questions for the second half of the book.

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