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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year did Nicole hear from her sister Jessica?
(a) Early January.
(b) Late December.
(c) Early February.
(d) Late May.

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

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

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

5. What does Nicole say makes her grieve the time she lost with her sister?
(a) Seeing the age in her face.
(b) Watching her daughter grow up separate from her cousin.
(c) Family holidays, when her other life replaced that life.
(d) Watching their daughters grow up together.

6. 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.

7. In what mannerism does Nicole say she and Cindy resembled each other?
(a) Their yawns.
(b) Their eye rolls.
(c) Their laughter.
(d) Their snorts of disdain.

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

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

10. What does Nicole say she was surprised by, in talking about her adoption with her mother, now that she had found her birth family?
(a) It was something she could have an opinion about.
(b) It was unstable at every turn, in every fact.
(c) It was still the same story that God willed it for the best.
(d) It had been abandoned in favor of long story-telling.

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

12. What side of Nicole’s mother did Jessica reveal to her?
(a) She was a brilliant intellectual.
(b) She could be funny and charming.
(c) She was a caring nurse.
(d) She was a devout Christian.

13. What had just happened when Nicole’s mother called after the baby was born?
(a) Abigail had thrown up on her.
(b) Dan had just left Abigail alone with Nicole.
(c) Nicole had just fallen asleep after days.
(d) Abigail had just started screaming.

14. 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 it scarred her.
(d) That she stopped blaming her.

15. What did Nicole imagine a relationship with her birth parents would look like?
(a) A religious confession.
(b) A long-distance friendship.
(c) A pleasant conversation with fellow travelers.
(d) Banter with a passing stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicole say made her sisters with Cindy?

2. What did Nicole say Cindy promised to teach her?

3. What did Nicole say about her mother’s wrongdoings?

4. Who was the only person Cindy told about her second pregnancy?

5. What does Nicole say she felt about her inability to follow the conversation when her father switched to Korean?

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