Q 01/05

What term describes Anna Fitzgerald, conceived through IVF in My Sister's Keeper?

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 as a donor match for a sick child; Picoult has said the idea grew from news of a real American couple whose son was born...

Q 02/05

In Picoult's novel, what kills Anna Fitzgerald just after she wins 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, in which Anna is killed after the trial and her kidney saves Kate.

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 cast his mother as the older Allie in The Notebook.

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) Cut the courtroom scenes

C) Rename the family

D) Change the ending

Answer · why

D) Change the ending

Change the ending is what Picoult said she regretted allowing; she had defended her own ending as the only one true to the story, even after phoning a...