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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. What does Nicole say is often missing in transracial adoptions?
(a) Guidance.
(b) Assimilation support.
(c) Financial support.
(d) Therapy for the child.

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

3. Where did Nicole’s mother start out, before she moved west?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Cleveland.

4. What does Nicole say Cindy would always hear a voice telling her, when she lived with her father after her parents divorced?
(a) Her family’s business did not concern other people.
(b) If she was not always excellent, she might be given up.
(c) She had a gift that had to be cultivated.
(d) She should never be too proud to ask for help.

5. When does Nicole say she heard her first racial slur?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Fifth grade.
(d) Second grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nicole’s parents live before they got a transfer to Seattle?

2. When does Nicole say her parents’ story began?

3. How does Nicole characterize her adoptive mother’s hair?

4. What transition was taking place, that kept Nicole from looking into her birth parents’ identities?

5. Where did Nicole take refuge from her bullying classmates?

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