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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For awhile both Anne and Sam battle ______________.
(a) food allergies
(b) illnesses
(c) with each other
(d) dyslexia

2. What do Anne and Sam do when the car is in distress?
(a) Scream
(b) Push
(c) Cry
(d) Pray

3. What does Anne like to do?
(a) Watch TV
(b) Play softball
(c) Swim
(d) Attend church

4. Why does Anne say she always prayed at night?
(a) She knew someone was listening.
(b) She didn't want her parents to divorce.
(c) She was afraid of the dark.
(d) She wasn't doing well in school.

5. What does a man offer Sam as a birthday gift?
(a) Tickets for a ballgame
(b) A paragliding ride
(c) A video game
(d) A ball bat

6. What is the subject of the book being read by the man next to Anne on the plane home?
(a) Whole foods diets
(b) Marriage counseling
(c) The end of the world
(d) Financial planning

7. Anne gets good grades in high school in spite of _________________________.
(a) being drunk, stoned or hung over
(b) her Attention Deficit Disorder
(c) the conditions at home
(d) her dyslexia

8. What does Anne say about her parents and their friends?
(a) They are intellectuals
(b) They are kind
(c) They are idiots
(d) They are simple

9. What do Mary's dimes symbolize for Anne?
(a) More Starbucks this week
(b) The love and care from her church family
(c) Money for Sam's bank
(d) Parking meter money

10. What was Anne hoping for on this night?
(a) Acclaim
(b) Dinner invitations
(c) Autograph signing session
(d) A job offer

11. What happens on the second night of the lecture series?
(a) Grace gets ill and cannot participate.
(b) Anne and Grace follow the original plan.
(c) Anne gets ill and cannot participate.
(d) The presentation is a flop.

12. What was the message on Anne's father's answering machine?
(a) The freedom train is coming.
(b) It is what it is.
(c) All's well that ends well.
(d) An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

13. What is the reason Anne makes Sam go to church?
(a) The love and care shown by her church family
(b) To expose Sam to different types of people
(c) So his soul will not burn in hell
(d) To give Sam some sort of religious foundation

14. Who is Sam's "Big Brother"?
(a) Adam
(b) Bob
(c) Terry
(d) Brian

15. What does Anne think when her plane finally levels out after hours of delay, bomb inspections, and turbulence?
(a) She is never coming to St. Louis again.
(b) She has been part of another miracle.
(c) She is never flying that airline again.
(d) She just wants to get home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sam's friend?

2. What is Anne's drug of choice when she is 28?

3. What sight irritates Anne so that she has to focus on something else?

4. What is notable about Grace Paley, the woman with whom Anne is to give two speeches?

5. Paley believes that women can be part of the equal rights movement without giving up _____________________.

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