2. Why does Rose refuse to drive in the city in #21?
(a) It's too far from home.
(b) Her mother might see her.
(c) The traffic is too crazy.
(d) She might run out of gas.

3. What does Angie fantasize about?
(a) What her baby will become.
(b) Taking her baby home.
(c) Names for her baby.
(d) The people who will adopt her baby.

4. Who does Rose marry?
(a) Toby Cochran.
(b) Alex Morton.
(c) Thomas Clinton.
(d) Mark Jacobs.

5. Who is the supervisor of St. Elizabeth's?
(a) Mother Aquinas.
(b) Mother Beatrice.
(c) Mother Catherine.
(d) Mother Corinne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amazing thing happens on George Clatterbuck's farm?

2. What makes Rose uncomfortable now?

3. What information does Rose want from the person in #27?

4. What is the reaction of the woman at the gas station when Rose asks about St. Elizabeth's?

5. What was Rose's mother's job as Rose was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rose feel so much anxiety being married to Thomas?

2. Why did Rose decide to marry Thomas Clinton?

3. Where is Rose headed to and what drives her decision?

4. Describe the amazing find on George Clatterbuck's property and how it saved his little daughter, June.

5. What does Rose learn about what happens to a girl once she has had her baby and how does this add to the shame overshadowing the home?

6. What is the painful emotional experience Angie and Rose experience with holding the newborn baby?

7. What does Rose decide to do after the trauma of Beatrice's experience?

8. How is Son's character contrasted with Rose's character?

9. What place does driving a car have in Rose's life?

10. What labor and delivery plan does Beatrice divulge to Angie and Rose?

(see the answer keys)

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