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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Pages 132-151.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did giving birth make Nicole wonder about, regarding her own birth?
(a) Whether her mother’s labor was hard.
(b) Whether her mother got to hold her.
(c) Whether she cried right away.
(d) Whether her father helped her mother with the birth.

2. When Nicole asked herself what she wanted, what did she say?
(a) She wanted to know how her birth family spoke about her.
(b) She wanted to know that the adoption had been for the best for everyone else as well.
(c) She wanted to see her features in someone else’s face.
(d) She wanted to offer forgiveness.

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

4. What did the nurse find with the ultrasound at Nicole’s first checkup?
(a) Its heartbeat.
(b) Its face.
(c) Its fingertips.
(d) Its gender.

5. What does Nicole say her mother was anxious about, in the story of a local boy who reconnected with his birth parents?
(a) That the experience of connection would agitate his mental problems.
(b) That he would reject them violently.
(c) That they would make him question his loyalty to his adoptive parents.
(d) That his birth family would made him feel terrible about himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the doctors’ prognosis for Nicole as a baby?

2. When did Nicole send the letter to Donna for her birth mother?

3. How does Nicole characterize the relationship she thought she would have with her birth parents?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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