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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Nicole fret about, in terms of a visit with Cindy?
(a) Cindy cutting her out of her life.
(b) Cindy hitting her up for money.
(c) Cindy criticizing her.
(d) Cindy disappointing her.

2. Why did Nicole not name her baby Susan?
(a) Nicole did not want the baby to resemble her.
(b) She didn't want to burden it with her history of adoption.
(c) Nicole’s mother got upset at the idea.
(d) Dan insisted on Abigail because it was a family name.

3. What happened when Nicole was 10 centimeters dilated?
(a) The doula told her to push.
(b) The doctors threatened to start a Caesarean.
(c) Nicole received an epidural.
(d) Nicole passed out.

4. What did Nicole say about her mother’s wrongdoings?
(a) They were the result of abuse.
(b) They had nothing to do with her.
(c) They were the product of illness.
(d) They recycled other, earlier wrongdoings.

5. How many generations back could Nicole’s father trace his lineage from his generation?
(a) 7 generations.
(b) 19 generations.
(c) 10 generations.
(d) 17 generations.

6. What did Nicole notice about her father’s carriage?
(a) She said that he carried himself like someone with quiet pride.
(b) She said that he carried himself like someone with discipline.
(c) She said that he carried himself like someone with injuries.
(d) She said that he carried himself like someone with a great sorrow.

7. Which family member remained to be contacted after Nicole wrote her first letter?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Jessica.

8. How does Nicole say her feelings about her birth mother have changed, now that she made contact and learned the story of her adoption?
(a) The feelings hurt, but she understands why they hurt.
(b) The feelings are no longer painful, because she understands where they came from.
(c) The pleasure of being alive is deeper, because she can see the alternative lives she might have lived.
(d) The pain is worse, because she can see all the places where it might have been a different story.

9. What trait of Cindy’s was Nicole struck by when she arrived?
(a) Her curly hair.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her blue eyes.
(d) Her small size.

10. What does Nicole say she could see more and more clearly, the more time she spent with Cindy?
(a) How important upbringing is.
(b) How similar they were.
(c) How different English and Korean are.
(d) How little genealogy matters.

11. Why could Nicole not read her father’s book?
(a) It was mostly math equations.
(b) It was in Korean.
(c) It was technical scientific material.
(d) It was written in French.

12. What does Nicole say everyone should understand about adoption?
(a) There is no end to it.
(b) It starts and ends with love.
(c) It is incomplete if the child cannot reconnect with family.
(d) It is an injury in a social fabric.

13. Why did Nicole tell Abigail that she did not miss her mother?
(a) Because she had her heart inside herself.
(b) Because she was a bad person.
(c) Because she never knew her.
(d) Because she had hurt her.

14. What trait did Nicole observe in her sister that Cindy said was a family trait?
(a) Cooking with recipes.
(b) Publishing books.
(c) Note-taking.
(d) Reading.

15. When did Nicole reach full term on her pregnancy?
(a) A week after receiving Cindy’s letter.
(b) A week after receiving Jessica’s first letter.
(c) A week after her mother’s first call.
(d) A week after her father’s first call.

Short Answer Questions

1. What went wrong with Cindy’s pregnancy?

2. How long did it take Cindy to request a date to visit, after Nicole invited her?

3. How does Nicole describe the feeling that she and Cindy are finally sisters?

4. How does Nicole characterize the color of her baby’s eyes?

5. Who brought Cindy and her father together, to talk about Nicole’s adoption?

(see the answer keys)

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