Q 01/05

Conceived through IVF as a tissue match for her sister Kate, Anna Fitzgerald is what kind of child?

A) A savior sibling

B) A foster sibling

C) A surrogate child

D) A replacement child

Answer · why

A) A savior sibling

A savior sibling is conceived to provide stem cells or marrow for a sick brother or sister; the first real case, Adam Nash, was born in 2000. Anna giv...

Q 02/05

In Picoult's novel, what kills Anna Fitzgerald on the drive back from court after winning her case?

A) A fall on the courthouse steps

B) A truck hitting the car

C) A fire at the family house

D) An allergic reaction

Answer · why

B) A truck hitting the car

A truck hitting the car leaves Anna brain-dead, and lawyer Campbell Alexander approves the organ donation that saves Kate. The epilogue follows the fa...

Q 03/05

How does the 2009 film of My Sister's Keeper end for the two sisters, compared with Picoult's novel?

A) Kate dies and Anna lives

B) Anna dies and Kate lives

C) Both sisters survive

D) Neither sister survives

Answer · why

A) Kate dies and Anna lives

Kate dies and Anna lives in the film, the reverse of the novel; Kate slips away in her sleep with Sara beside her once the family accepts she is ready...

Q 04/05

Which director of The Notebook and John Q. made the 2009 film My Sister's Keeper?

A) Lasse Hallström

B) Nancy Meyers

C) Nick Cassavetes

D) Garry Marshall

Answer · why

C) Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes is the son of director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands, and he appeared uncredited in his father's 1970 film Husbands.

Q 05/05

Jodi Picoult has said she regretted letting the director of My Sister's Keeper do what?

A) Drop the aunt's subplot

B) Make Anna younger

C) Relocate it to California

D) Change the ending

Answer · why

D) Change the ending

To change the ending was the one alteration Picoult publicly regretted; the film also expanded some subplots and eliminated others entirely, against h...