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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Pages 66-88, Part II, Pages 81-87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nicole say was inextricably linked with adoption for her?
(a) Gender.
(b) Race.
(c) Language.
(d) Class.

2. What did Nicole learn from her mother when she asked about the lawyer who handled the adoption?
(a) That her health had not been as dire as she had been told, when she was born.
(b) That her mother had spoken to her birth mother.
(c) That she had sisters.
(d) That her birth mother had tried to contact her.

3. How does Nicole characterize her father’s expectations for Cindy, when Cindy went to live with him?
(a) Low.
(b) High.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Punishing.

4. How does Nicole characterize her family’s reaction to her Koreanness?
(a) They ignored it.
(b) They punished her for it.
(c) They celebrated it.
(d) They pretended it did not exist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Nicole had left her parents’ house did she seek out the adoption agency that handled her adoption?

2. How did Nicole’s parents explain the opportunity to adopt a child to themselves?

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

4. When does Nicole say she heard her first racial slur?

5. Where did Nicole’s mother start out, before she moved west?

(see the answer key)

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