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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Pages 21-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicole characterize her adoptive mother’s hair?
(a) Fine light brown.
(b) Straight black.
(c) Red perm.
(d) Curly blonde.

2. When does Nicole say her parents’ story began?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1973.

3. How does Nicole characterize her family’s reaction to her Koreanness?
(a) They ignored it.
(b) They pretended it did not exist.
(c) They punished her for it.
(d) They celebrated it.

4. What had Nicole’s birth mother done right before her premature labor started?
(a) Yelled at Cindy.
(b) Beaten Cindy.
(c) Cooked a big meal.
(d) Gone for a long walk.

5. Where did Nicole take refuge from her bullying classmates?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Books.
(d) Daydreaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the setting where other children made Nicole aware of her race?

2. When does Nicole say she heard her first racial slur?

3. Where did Nicole’s mother start out, before she moved west?

4. What did Nicole say when a couple asked her if she ever felt like her parents were not her real parents?

5. Why did Nicole write stories with adult characters?

(see the answer key)

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