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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Nicole sign her letter to her mother?
(a) Thank you, Nicole.
(b) Love, Nicole.
(c) Yours, Nicole.
(d) Cordially, Nicole.

2. Where did Nicole’s parents live before they got a transfer to Seattle?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Chicago.

3. Where did Cindy learn to work hard, in Nicole’s account?
(a) School.
(b) Her sports teams.
(c) Her community’s church.
(d) Her family’s store.

4. What does Nicole say she was apprehensive about, in contacting her parents?
(a) Learning things that broke her heart.
(b) Having to sort out fact and fiction.
(c) Whether she was Korean enough for them.
(d) Being overwhelmed by their emotional lives.

5. What was Nicole’s husband Dan’s genetic heritage?
(a) German.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Lebanese.
(d) Russian.

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

7. What circumstance made Nicole hesitant to look for her birth parents during high school?
(a) Her parents had marital troubles.
(b) She fell in love with her first boyfriend.
(c) Her family moved a lot.
(d) Her mother had a cancer scare.

8. How far along was Nicole in her pregnancy when she decided that it was time to involve an intermediary in searching for her parents?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 20 weeks.
(c) 9 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

9. What kind of patient does Nicole say she always was?
(a) The kind to use homemade remedies.
(b) The kind to refuse to take drugs.
(c) The kind who collapsed and let herself be cared for.
(d) The kind to request heavy drugs.

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

11. What does Nicole say she could never be certain of, if she got in touch with her family?
(a) That they manipulate her.
(b) That they would tell her the truth.
(c) That they would recognize her.
(d) That they would stick around.

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

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

14. Who does Nicole say was the only person who knew she was looking for her birth parents?
(a) Her father.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Dan.
(d) Her mother.

15. What did the judge tell Nicole’s parents when he made the adoption official?
(a) Love her.
(b) Take care of her.
(c) Take her to church.
(d) Assimilate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicole say substituted for her lack of Korean heritage?

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

3. What was the setting where other children made Nicole aware of her race?

4. What did Nicole say she wanted to hear from a birth instructor?

5. What kind of information would the hospital workers give Nicole about childbirth?

(see the answer keys)

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