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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Cindy when her parents divorced?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

3. How does Nicole say her parents saw her adoption?
(a) A gift from God.
(b) A sacrifice they made for God.
(c) A just act they committed for its own sake.
(d) A profound responsibility.

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

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

6. How does Nicole characterize her adoptive mother’s hair?
(a) Curly blonde.
(b) Fine light brown.
(c) Red perm.
(d) Straight black.

7. Which term describes Nicole’s adoption?
(a) Expedited.
(b) Unofficial.
(c) Meticulous.
(d) Bureaucratically complex.

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

9. How old was Cindy when she came to America?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

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

11. How long was Cindy deployed in Korea for?
(a) Three years.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Eighteen years.
(d) Six months.

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

13. What nation was Nicole’s adoptive last name from?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Croatia.

14. How old was Nicole when the couple asked her about adoption?
(a) A few months out of college.
(b) Junior year of high school.
(c) Freshman year of college.
(d) Mid-twenties.

15. When did Nicole send the letter to Donna for her birth mother?
(a) Right after new years.
(b) Fourth of July.
(c) Right after her birthday.
(d) Right before Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nicole’s initial feeling about child birth?

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

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

4. How does Nicole say her parents returned to religion?

5. Where did Cindy learn to work hard, in Nicole’s account?

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