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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. Eventually Michael contacted the social worker about adopting a third child young enough to do what?

2. What was name of the director of the vocational education program at Hartford?

3. Where did Michael go to interview a woman named Brenda?

4. What children's book character did some in the field consider Jeaneen Gray Eagle and her outcry over FAS among Native Americans?

5. In Chapter 9 of "The Broken Cord" Michael described the constant conflict on a college campus over the school's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jeaneen Gray Eagle believe made FAS even more terrible?

2. Why did some of Jeaneen Gray Eagle's colleagues refer to her as "chicken little" in reference to FAS?

3. Why and how did Michael help Adam understand that Adam's life story would be out there for anyone to read?

4. What happened when Michael and the kids attended the pow-wow and reunion at Dartmouth?

5. How did Jeaneen Gray Eagle feel about jailing pregnant women who drank and what information did she reveal about family support in this matter?

6. What did Michael want when he inquired about adopting a third child?

7. Why did Michael get angry and with whom during his interview with Charlotte Braveheart?

8. How did Michael's impulse decision to take a cross country trip back with the kids once back in the States turn out?

9. Who was Alice Hendrick?

10. Who was Madeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adam wrote the last chapter in the book. Examine what insights are gained about Adam from this chapter; as well as what insights are gained about Adam's perceptions of Michael, his many caregivers, and his family life with Louise and his siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Both of Adam's birth parents abused alcohol. What role/influence did Adam's birth parents play/have in Adam's life from birth to adulthood, even as Michael became Adam's adopted father? Include significant moments, including before Adam was born; when Michael found out details about them from social workers; when Adam's birth father died; when Adam turned 21.

Essay Topic 3

Michael noted that Adam was good-natured, loving and open to people most of the time. How did these traits help/hinder Adam's development -- emotionally, physically, socially, academically, etc.?

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