Awakening by Claudia Cangilla McAdam

1. Ronni has an argument with mom, slams, door, and something. What does
she break?
breaks soccer trophy. Pg3
2. Ronni was invited to a mountain cabin to ski with with who on Holy Weekend?
pg 4
Tabby Long
3. Wha is wrong with Mr Longs eyes?
has eye disease (uveitis) pg 4
4. Ronni only still altar serves because
by moms request pg 5
5. What happened to Ronnis dad and brother Steven
They are dead pg 6
6. What do we know about Ronnis dads religion?
Ronnis dad wasnt Catholic, pg 6
7. Why did Ronnis mom rely on Mother Mary?
Ronnis mom grew up without a mother and relied on Mary, pg 6
8. What is wrong with Ronnis hands?
Ronni Hs eczema, leves her hands scaly and bleeding, pg 7
9. Tabby meets Ronni at the bedroom window and asks what?
Asks Ronni to sneak away with her, pg 7
10.What type of school project does Ronni have to do?
Supposed to do a religious themed movie project with Tabby on The Wizard
of Oz, pg 8
11.Tabby is not Catholic, but goes to St. Augustines why?
for discipline and the academics, pg 8
12.Who is Mark?
Mark lives across the street, works on cars, he was Stevens friend, pg 11
13.Mom thinks Mark will be a what?
priest, pg 11
14.Ronnis house is for sale. Why?
Not enough life insurance from dads death to pay for it. No college money
available for her because dad tried to open up his own law firm before he
died and spent a lot of money. She cant go to medical school, p13

15.Maggie- moms mentoring project for school. Why?

Shes not modest, wears inappropriate clothing/makeup pg 14
16.Maggie has the hots for Mark. Who else does?
does Ronni. Pg 14
17.Ronni feeds what outside her window?, pg 15
A pigeon
18.Ronni plans to wear red heels to Easter mass with what?, pg 15
Purple nail polish
19.Night of the accident, dad and Steven pulled over to help a guy who had
crashed his car into a guard rail, they were trying to push the car when what
happened?. pg 16
They got hit
20.Ronni falls asleep sick, and is awakened by what?
a white dove. Pg17
21.She is now called Seraphina- what is this name in relation to her?
her real middle name. pg 17
22.People are praying over her. A man says, Talitha koum, What does this
mean?
Little girl, I say to you, rise. Pg 17
23.People around her resemble Hunk and Zeke and Hickory from what movie?
Wizard of Oz, pg 18
24.They give her what to drink?
warm goats milk to drink, p 19
25.There is a fruit tray with dates and figs. What does the fruit remind her of?
Reminds her of her dads work that sent them out at Christmas time. Pg 19
26.The door from the room opens to a courtyard that has what outside?
a well for water, goat, colorful laundry.
27.She now speaks what language?
Aramaic (she took Spanish for 2 years and was terrible at it, how could she
possibly be speaking strange languages??) p 21
28.Sera and her mother fought. Why.
Mom tells her she must be here for the Seder meal and not off with Tabitha,
pg 23
29.Mark comes to check on her, they go to see who together?
Aunt Shayna pg 24-5

30.Mom puts a cloth on her head. What is the significance of the towel?
It is the tea towel she used from the bathroom in America, pg 25
31.She must dump the pot that is their what?.
Toilet Pg 26
32.Mark tells her they are where and at what time?
it is Jerusalem at Passover, pg 27
33.Mark asked her if he was in her dream. He said he is her brother --- what
does this mean, b/c she knows he is not really her brother
also known as kinsman, same tribe.
34. What does Mark call her
He calls her Sera, pg 29
35.Who healed Sera
Yeshua, Jesus, the healer, healed her, pg 30
36.Mark tells her it is the 17th year of what?
the Emperor Tiberius, pg 30
37.What day is it when they go to the tombs?
It is Wed, after Palm Sunday, pg 32
38.They go to the tombs- who is buried there
Steven and Samuel (her dad) are buried there. Pg 33
39.Why is she not allowed to touch the burial tomb
She is not allowed to touch or she will be unclean for Passover pg 33
40.Where are they buried
Buried in the holy mountain on range of Moriah, pg 34
41.As Sera tends to Aunt Shaynas swollen foot, Mark goes outside.Sera looks
outside and what does she see?
Sera sees Tabitha hugging Mark.
42.What is Tabitha wearing at this time?
She is wearing a white dress and navy blue shawl. Pg 36
43.What is unique about Tabitha that makes her different from Sera?
Tabitha is Roman, pg 38
44.Tabitha calls Jesus a what?
trouble maker, pg 38
45.Sera is said to be unclean by the guards b/c of her what?

because of her eczema pg 40

46. Where will they take her?
to a lepers court, pg 40
47.Who helps Sera sneak away?
Tabby sneaks her away, risking her own life because she is a gentile. They
run, pg 42
48.What do Sera and Tabby trade to help disguise Sera?
Tabby and Sera trade mantles (shawls) to help disguise her.
49. What is the name of the tunnel Sera runs through to escape?
Hezekiahs tunnel, pg 44
50.What happens to Seras light in the tunnel?
Her torch goes out in the tunnel, pg 47
51.Who meets her on the other side of the tunnel?, pg 47
Mark
52.Sera makes WHAT out of burrs that get caught in Marks cloak that is too
big for her?,
Velcro pg 49
53.Ronni admits what died with Dad and Steven,
Some of her faith in Jesus pg 51
54.What is a Mezuzah?
small scroll in a box on door frames with Gods word in it, p 53
55.What is the name of their goat?
Toto, pg 54
56.Sera makes WHAT for Marks aunt out of branches and wool?,
Crutches pg 55
57.In the past, her mother and Mary are friends, (mom used to say they were
like this and DO WHAT?)
Cross her fingers pg 57
58.Mark tells Sera she would make a fine what?
physician pg 59
59.She tells him he would be a good what?
scholar, interpreter, translator of documents, he must work in business with
his dad, though, pg 60
60.BarAbbas tries to incite the crowd against the Romans. Sera tries to calm
them saying what?

there are peaceful ways , pg 63

61.Sera and another man try to stop BarAbbas. What happens?
BarAbbas kills the man, she promises to plead for him if he will let her go,
tries to reason with him, pg 64
62.He tells her what?
some things are worth dying for, pg 64
63. What does she say in reply?
she says nothing is worth dying for, pg 64
64.A Roman soldier on horseback saves her- who is it?
it is Mr Long, Tabbys father. He is Centurion Longinus. Pg 66
65.She tries to tell him people will kill Jesus. He is the Law. What does he say
in reply?
He says NO, Caesar is law. Pg 68
66.Sera makes Tabitha promise she will not be by Mount Vesuvius in 50
years,why?
volcano will erupt, she knows this from her history books. Pg 72
67.Mark invites Tabitha to what meal?
his family Passover meal. Her parents say no. pg 69
68.Maggie is now who?
Mary of Magdala. Now clean, scrubbed, covered up, a devoted disciple of
Christ, pg 74
69.Sera stopped praying when?
on the day of dad and Stevens funeral, pg 74
70.Joseph of Arimathea, a Pharisee, brings a herringbone print tablecloth to
Seras house and Seras mother put it where?
on the table for Passover. pg 76
71.Seraphina tells him what?
they are plotting to kill Jesus. He says there is nothing he can do, as one
man, pg 77
72.Sera tells Jesus she misses her dad and brother. What does he say?
No greater love that to lay down a life for a friend, pg 82
73.When Sera takes the bread from Jesus for the last supper she remembers
what?
she is an altar server, pg 82
74.Sera receives what at the last supper?
the first Eucharist and Christs blessing, pg 83

75.She runs after Judas and tries to stop him because why?
Jesus saved her life, pg 85
76.Sera aims goes alone to try to what?
help Jesus when he is praying, pg 87
77.Mark helps her find her way to where?
Gethesemane , pg 90
78.Sera tries to stop the guards, but Jesus tells the guards to do what?
let her go, pg 97
79.Arrow Brows captures her and demands to know what?
who Tabitha is, the gentile girl in the temple, pg 99
80.Mark saves her by doing what?
throwing a stone at his head and knocking him out, pg 100
81.They witness who deny Jesus?
Peter pg 107
82.Mother wakes her up and says what?
Mark is arrested, pg 108
83.Joseph of Arimathea goes with Sera to try to do what?
free Mark at Caiaphas home, pg 110
84.Sera hits the servant with what to help release Mark?
A wine bottle pg 112
85.Simon is chosen to help carry the cross, Mark takes two people home. Who
are they?
Simons two sons, Alexander and Rufus p 116
86.Sera tries to help Jesus escape when they pass the cross, but what
happens?
he wont leave, pg 118
87. She wanted to do something for him, what does she do?
Wipes his face with the tea towel , pg 119
88.A Roman said, Vera Icon, and turned away, what was imprinted on her
cloth?
the True Image, was imprinted on her cloth. Pg 119 (Vera means true,
icon means image)
89.Joseph explains that Jesus is the new covenant and covenants dont end
until what? Covenants dont end unless someone dies, all of Israel couldnt
die, so God had to die, pg 121

90.New covenant is a what?

A fresh start, pg 122
91.Where was Jesus crucified?
Crucified on Golgotha, place of the Skull, where nothing grows, pg 123
92.All of them pray what psalm at Jesuss feet at the cross, out loud,?
Psalm 22, explains how he died and what the soldiers did, p 127
93. What is the personal significance of the number of this psalm to Ronni?
it was Stevens baseball #.
94. It is what type of Pslam?
A Psalm of thanksgiving, pg 127
95.Centurion Longinus spears what?
Jesuss side, p 129
96.When blood hits Centurion Longinuss face, what happens?
his eyes were healed, pg 130
97.Mark said all the apostles were hiding where?
The upper room, p 131
98. Joseph helps take down Jesus body event though the Pharisees have a rule
about what?
not touching the dead, pg 131
99.Mark tells her the curtain is torn in two-what was the significance of the
curtain before?
it separates God from Man, pg 132
100.
The stone that the builders rejected, has become the cornerstone,
why was this scripture important?
( a crack in the ground from the earth quake, the crack was from the cross to
the quarry, abandoned rock) pg 133
101.
Steven and dad had helped whom when they died?
A Samaritan whose cart had broke loose, and it knocked them off a cliff, pg
134
102.
Sera realized the importance of the parable of the Good Samaritan
what was it?
helping someone in need, even if they are our enemy, they will then go on to
help someone else in need.pg 134-5
103.

Sera sees a rainbow and is reminded of what?

Gods promise to Noah- we can weather all storms and still have bright days
ahead, pg 135
104.
Sera shows Mark the cloth when he is sad and tells him her name is
now Veronica- why?
she has been blessed with the vera icon- the true image, pg 137
105.
Veronica explains to Mark to not be sadwhy?
that things will changethe apostles will come out of hiding and start to
spread Jesuss word, they will surprise him and themselves, pg 137

106.
Veronica tells Mark to do what?
he has to write down Jesuss word and record it, he is a scholar, pg 138
107.
Mark tells Veronica nothing is worth dying for. What does she say?
Youre wrong, some things are worth dying for. Pg 137
108.
Mark decides to leave, why?
they will be looking for him b/c he broke out of jail.
109.
He tells Veronica that if they come looking for him, she should say
what?
her betrothed has left she is crying b/c this is a promise of marriage, pg
139
110.
Ronni wakes up in her own room in America.what does she hear?
church bells chiming in the distance.pg 141
111.
Mom comes into the room and tells her she was sick with what?
she had strep. Pg 142
112.
Mom said an avalanche prevented the Longs from taking their trip and
then they did what?
they ended up going to Good Friday mass.
114. What miracle happened at Good Friday mass?

Mr Long went to kiss the crucifix during the veneration of Jesus and he kissed his
side, his eyes were healed, pg 143

113.
Mark comes up to her bedroom window and tells her he will drive her
and her mom to where?
To Easter mass, pg 144
114.
Mark kissed her what?
cheek, pg 145
115.
Dr Fritz, the doctor who treated her while she was sick, offered to take
Ronni to where?
Honduras over the summer on a medical mission and agreed to sponsor/pay
for her. Pg 146
116.
What is the mission called?
It is called Mustard Seed Medical Mission, pg 146
117.
Ronni finds the tea towelshe looks at it what does she see?
Nothing, it is blank, pg 147
118.
Ronni realized her hands and fingernails are cured from eczema. What
does she realize?
Jesuss blood, when he was dying on the cross and she raised her arms up to
him, his blood healed her hands and the pain in her heart from losing her dad
and brother, pg 148