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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How regular was Cindy’s mother’s physical abuse?
(a) Infrequent.
(b) Daily.
(c) Three-four times a week.
(d) Weekly.

2. What does Nicole say she has learned about the story that adoption is for the best?
(a) It is propaganda.
(b) It is not reality.
(c) It is not meant for adults.
(d) It is mostly true.

3. What did Cindy tell Nicole their mother blamed the adoption on?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her own health.
(d) The family’s poverty.

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

5. What was the opportunity Jessica saw in Nicole contacting the birth family?
(a) She might return to her Korean roots.
(b) They might heal her mother.
(c) They might purge some difficult traumas.
(d) She might help them put the past behind them.

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

7. Who broke the ice when Nicole’s father came to visit?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Her father’s wife.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Nicole.

8. What was Nicole’s father’s response, when Cindy asked if she had a sister he had not told her about?
(a) He prevaricated.
(b) He confessed it.
(c) He could not remember.
(d) He denied it.

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

10. How old was Nicole when she found out about her second pregnancy?
(a) 29.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 31.

11. Whose books did Nicole’s father present to Nicole and Cindy?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Melville.

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

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

14. What did Cindy tell Nicole their parents’ fights were mostly concerned with?
(a) Their father’s travel.
(b) Their mother’s abuse of Cindy.
(c) Their father’s gambling.
(d) Their mother’s drinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What trait did Nicole observe in her sister that Cindy said was a family trait?

3. Why did Nicole not name her baby Susan?

4. What did the clerk at the wine shop make Nicole and Cindy laugh at?

5. What did Cindy tell Nicole their father felt, when he was confronted with the story of the adoption?

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