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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the fortune cookie say, the night Nicole went into labor?
(a) Never forget where you came from.
(b) Pay attention to family before money.
(c) Your hard work is about to pay off.
(d) Your dreams will come true.

2. Which family member remained to be contacted after Nicole wrote her first letter?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Jessica.

3. What time of year did Nicole hear from her sister Jessica?
(a) Early February.
(b) Early January.
(c) Late December.
(d) Late May.

4. How does Cindy characterize her mother’s life?
(a) Disappointing.
(b) Infuriating.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Active.

5. What did it mean for Nicole to find her birth family?
(a) Her adoption started to seem like a healed scar, not an injury.
(b) She could finally sleep through the nights.
(c) She no longer felt displaced from herself.
(d) Her adoption was a narrative other people carried as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicole say she felt while going through labor?

2. How dilated was Nicole when she showed up at the birthing center?

3. How does Nicole say she views adoption now, instead of as good or bad?

4. What does Nicole say she has learned about the story that adoption is for the best?

5. What went wrong with Cindy’s pregnancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the question Nicole never asked her father? Why did she not ask?

2. What was Nicole’s mother’s reaction to Nicole’s new information about her birth family?

3. How did Cindy’s pregnancy affect her visit with Nicole and Dan?

4. What does Nicole’s sister Jessica say she and her sister Cindy had been told about the baby who was given away?

5. How did Cindy get her father to admit that there was another sister?

6. How has Nicole’s understanding of adoption changed throughout the course of All You Can Ever Know?

7. What does Nicole’s father tell her about his family’s lineage?

8. How does Nicole characterize her role as an adoptee in contemporary America?

9. How does Nicole characterize her relationship with the newborn baby?

10. How does giving birth change Nicole’s view of her own birth?

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