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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Pages45-65.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Koreans does Nicole say lived in the town she grew up in, other than her?
(a) One family.
(b) None.
(c) A few.
(d) A small community.

2. Where did Cindy attend basic training?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Colorado.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Texas.

3. Where did Cindy move to after her freshman year of high school?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Guam.
(d) Hawaii.

4. What information did Nicole get along with the non-identifying information from the hospital she was born in?
(a) A list of relatives in the U.S. and Korea.
(b) A list of intermediaries who could contact her birth parents.
(c) The name of the doctors who had taken care of her.
(d) A map of the town her parents came from.

5. When did Nicole start to feel comfortable and anonymous in a crowd of Asian people?
(a) College.
(b) After college.
(c) Middle school.
(d) High school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nicole write stories with adult characters?

2. What does Nicole say Cindy would always hear a voice telling her, when she lived with her father after her parents divorced?

3. How does Nicole characterize her family’s reaction to her Koreanness?

4. What does Nicole say was inextricably linked with adoption for her?

5. How much did Nicole weigh when she was born?

(see the answer key)

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