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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did giving birth make Nicole wonder about, regarding her own birth?
(a) Whether her mother’s labor was hard.
(b) Whether she cried right away.
(c) Whether her mother got to hold her.
(d) Whether her father helped her mother with the birth.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. What did the clerk at the wine shop make Nicole and Cindy laugh at?
(a) The statement that they look like twins.
(b) The statement that they look like mother and daughter.
(c) The statement that they should thank their parents for their genes.
(d) The statement that they look familiar.

7. What was Nicole afraid of in meeting her birth father?
(a) Knowing what to feel about him.
(b) Forgiving him.
(c) Whether she might look like him enough.
(d) Disappointing him.

8. What does Nicole say she felt while going through labor?
(a) She was proud of how she was handling it.
(b) She was in a disembodied, blissful state.
(c) Someone else must be doing it for her.
(d) She was in deep despair for the pain.

9. What was the first thing Nicole’s father said about her appearance?
(a) That she was very tall.
(b) That she was very beautiful.
(c) That she was plump.
(d) That she was too skinny.

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

11. Who was the only person Cindy told about her second pregnancy?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Her father.
(d) Dan.

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

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

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

15. What assurance did Nicole’s mother give her, after Nicole found out that her birth mother was abusive?
(a) That violence is not genetic.
(b) That God would protect her and her child.
(c) That she was raised in a different time and place.
(d) That she could never hurt a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What went wrong with Cindy’s pregnancy?

2. What does Nicole say fueled her long correspondence with Cindy?

3. What did Rick say Nicole’s fathers body language suggested?

4. Which family member remained to be contacted after Nicole wrote her first letter?

5. Why does Nicole say she is always relieved when she meets other adoptees?

(see the answer keys)

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