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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicole say Cindy felt when she was deployed in Korea?
(a) Like a fugitive.
(b) Like an outsider.
(c) Like a child.
(d) Like a sick person.

2. Where had Nicole’s parents moved from, when they had her and gave her up for adoption?
(a) Guam.
(b) Korea.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Hawaii.

3. What does Nicole say the idea of contacting her birth parents was distracting from?
(a) Missing her adoptive parents.
(b) Her fear of delivery.
(c) Her dread of moving again.
(d) The fact that Dan was busy in a demanding graduate program.

4. What transition was taking place, that kept Nicole from looking into her birth parents’ identities?
(a) Her mother’s health declined.
(b) She started a new job.
(c) She moved to Chicago for graduate school.
(d) She moved to the east coast with her husband.

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

6. How does Nicole characterize the typical story of adoption in movies or on TV?
(a) A child learns to love herself.
(b) An infertile mother is redeemed.
(c) Long-estranged family members reconnect.
(d) A child is saved from destitution.

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

8. How does Nicole characterize the first big kick she got from her baby?
(a) A protest.
(b) A blind struggle.
(c) A joyful greeting.
(d) A longing for connection.

9. What was Brenda doing when Nicole and Dan arrived at her birth class?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Stretching.
(c) Breathing exercises.
(d) Lighting candles.

10. What was Nicole doing when Donna called to say she had contacted her birth family?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Folding baby clothes.
(c) Driving.
(d) Cooking.

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

12. How old was Nicole when she got pregnant?
(a) 22.
(b) 26.
(c) 24.
(d) 29.

13. How did Nicole’s father answer when she asked him if he ever thought about how she ended up with them?
(a) He never thought about it.
(b) It was a puzzle he thought about all the time.
(c) God wanted them to have her.
(d) It was just Fate.

14. What was Nicole put off by when she first met Brenda?
(a) The commitment Brenda required.
(b) Brenda’s invoice.
(c) Brenda’s frankness about her body.
(d) Brenda’s casualness.

15. What part of being in the military does Nicole say felt familiar to Cindy?
(a) Being a subordinate.
(b) Helping needy people.
(c) Protecting people.
(d) Being violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Washington state place adoption records in the public record?

2. Where did Cindy move to after her freshman year of high school?

3. Where was Nicole living when she got pregnant?

4. Which term describes Nicole’s adoption?

5. How far along was Nicole in her pregnancy when she decided that it was time to involve an intermediary in searching for her parents?

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