2. What was Nicole afraid her sisters might think about her?
(a) That she was lying to them.
(b) That the adoption was her fault.
(c) That she wanted retribution.
(d) That she was manipulating them.

3. What did Nicole’s father’s first letter ask her for?
(a) Career information.
(b) Money.
(c) Assurances that she is honest.
(d) Forgiveness.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Cindy promise Nicole in her first letter?
(a) To keep her from knowing the hard things about their family.
(b) To integrate her back into the family.
(c) Not to hide anything from her.
(d) To be a mother to her.

10. How did Nicole’s mother explain the adoption to Nicole on the phone?
(a) She said that she had wanted a boy child.
(b) She said that the baby was taken from her.
(c) She said that it was her husband’s idea.
(d) She said that she had mental illness.

11. What wish did Nicole express to her mother?
(a) That her parents had made some effort to find her birth family.
(b) That her parents had encouraged her to seek her birth family earlier.
(c) That her parents has make an open marriage.
(d) That her parents had kept her from searching for her birth family.

12. How old was Nicole when her parents took her home from the hospital?
(a) 14 weeks.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 10 weeks.

13. What kind of sign did Nicole see in her parents having hidden the fact of the adoption?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Ominous.
(c) Wary.
(d) Misleading.

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

15. What does Nicole say the tutor did for her, in teaching her Korean?
(a) Took her home.
(b) Cracked her heart open to new feelings.
(c) Demystified her family.
(d) Dissolved her shame.