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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the setting where other children made Nicole aware of her race?
(a) A doctor’s office.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) A birthday party.

2. How did Nicole’s parents tell her to handle the racism she encountered?
(a) Disarm it with humor.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Tell a teacher or parent.
(d) Fight back.

3. What had Nicole’s birth mother done right before her premature labor started?
(a) Beaten Cindy.
(b) Gone for a long walk.
(c) Cooked a big meal.
(d) Yelled at Cindy.

4. How far along was Nicole in her pregnancy when she decided that it was time to involve an intermediary in searching for her parents?
(a) 9 weeks.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 20 weeks.

5. What was the subject of the class Nicole and Dan took together in college?
(a) Physics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nicole put off by when she first met Brenda?

2. How did Nicole sign her letter to her mother?

3. What does Nicole say the name Susan means?

4. What transition was taking place, that kept Nicole from looking into her birth parents’ identities?

5. How old was Nicole when her parents divorced?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicole say her parents decided to go forward with the adoption?

2. What does Nicole say substituted for the Korean culture she lost?

3. What assurance did Nicole and Dan receive from Brenda?

4. What information did Nicole learn from Donna, the search angel?

5. Why did pregnancy lead Nicole to inquire into her birth family?

6. What kind of adoption was arranged for Nicole and her birth parents?

7. What did Nicole learn when she requested information from the hospital where she was born?

8. What does the title of the memoir refer to?

9. How does Nicole describe her relationship with the idea of her birth parents?

10. What happened when Nicole’s birth mother tried to get in touch with her?

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