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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why could Nicole not read her father’s book?
2. What did Cindy say she was nervous about, when she got pregnant?
3. What time of year did Nicole hear from her sister Jessica?
4. Which family member remained to be contacted after Nicole wrote her first letter?
5. What did Rick say Nicole’s fathers body language suggested?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information did Cindy get from her father when she asked him whether she had a sister?
2. What does Nicole’s father tell her about his family’s lineage?
3. What did Cindy say made her apprehensive about getting pregnant?
4. How does Nicole get Cindy to discuss the hard things she had originally wanted to avoid talking about?
5. What was Nicole’s mother’s reaction to Nicole’s new information about her birth family?
6. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s temperament?
7. How did Cindy’s pregnancy affect her visit with Nicole and Dan?
8. Why did it take so long for Nicole and Cindy to schedule a visit?
9. How does giving birth change Nicole’s view of her own birth?
10. How does Nicole characterize her relationship with the newborn baby?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for All You Can Ever Know? What is the ideal reader for All You Can Ever Know likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
What topics would you like to research further, after reading All You Can Ever Know? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on All You Can Ever Know.
Essay Topic 3
Where does this book fit into the zeitgeist—i.e., what other resonance is there, for Nicole’s story? Where else do you see similar stories being told? What does Nicole have to offer that is unique in this book?
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