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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nicole say she cannot tell her mother not to call her?
(a) Because her mother’s sins were not against her.
(b) Because she understands where her mother’s suffering came from.
(c) Because her mother has asked for her forgiveness.
(d) Because her mother has called anyway, when she told her not to.

2. 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 disappointing her.
(d) Cindy criticizing her.

3. How does Nicole say she referred to her father?
(a) By his first name.
(b) By his last name.
(c) By the Korean word for father.
(d) By the Korean word for respected elder.

4. How dilated was Nicole when she showed up at the birthing center?
(a) 10 centimeters.
(b) 6 centimeters.
(c) 4 centimeters.
(d) 8 centimeters.

5. How does Nicole say she views adoption now, instead of as good or bad?
(a) Productive or unproductive.
(b) Intimate or distant.
(c) Caring or harmful.
(d) Realistic or oversimplified.

6. What did it mean for Nicole to find her birth family?
(a) She could finally sleep through the nights.
(b) Her adoption started to seem like a healed scar, not an injury.
(c) Her adoption was a narrative other people carried as well.
(d) She no longer felt displaced from herself.

7. What did Cindy tell Nicole their father felt, when he was confronted with the story of the adoption?
(a) Eagerness to set things right.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Shame.
(d) Nostalgia.

8. Why does Nicole say that traits that did not make sense to her parents would make sense to her father?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was an refugee.
(c) He is a scholar.
(d) He was an orphan.

9. What did Nicole tell her mother about her adoption?
(a) That she wanted to find a good way to make peace with her.
(b) That she did not blame her.
(c) That she stopped blaming her.
(d) That it scarred her.

10. What was the attribute Jessica said Nicole shared with Cindy?
(a) Tenacity.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Intellect.

11. Where was Nicole experiencing pain during labor?
(a) Shoulders.
(b) Back.
(c) Headache.
(d) Lungs.

12. What did Nicole’s mother’s phone call make Nicole feel about Cindy?
(a) That Cindy was scarred and emotionally deformed by her mother.
(b) That Cindy was braver than her.
(c) That Cindy she forgive her mother.
(d) That Cindy suffered more than she did.

13. What did Nicole’s birth mother send her after she gave birth?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) A necklace.
(d) Flowers.

14. How was Cindy’s pregnancy terminated?
(a) Miscarriage.
(b) Injection.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Pills.

15. What does Nicole say fueled her long correspondence with Cindy?
(a) Catching up on three decades of memories.
(b) Venting about their parents’ wrongdoings.
(c) Describing their temperaments to each other.
(d) Anticipating what Abigail’s life would be like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicole say she was surprised by, in talking about her adoption with her mother, now that she had found her birth family?

2. In what mannerism does Nicole say she and Cindy resembled each other?

3. What did Nicole fear her father was ashamed of her for?

4. What did Nicole describe in detail to Cindy?

5. How old was Nicole when her parents took her home from the hospital?

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