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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 does Nicole say Cindy would always hear a voice telling her, when she lived with her father after her parents divorced?
(a) She had a gift that had to be cultivated.
(b) Her family’s business did not concern other people.
(c) If she was not always excellent, she might be given up.
(d) She should never be too proud to ask for help.

2. What was Brenda doing when Nicole and Dan arrived at her birth class?
(a) Paperwork.
(b) Lighting candles.
(c) Breathing exercises.
(d) Stretching.

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

4. What circumstance made Nicole hesitant to look for her birth parents during high school?
(a) Her parents had marital troubles.
(b) She fell in love with her first boyfriend.
(c) Her family moved a lot.
(d) Her mother had a cancer scare.

5. Where did Nicole’s mother start out, before she moved west?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Cleveland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Nicole write stories with adult characters?

2. What did Nicole start to look at through her child’s eyes?

3. How far along was Nicole in her pregnancy when she decided that it was time to involve an intermediary in searching for her parents?

4. What concern led Nicole to search out her birth parents?

5. What does Nicole say substituted for her lack of Korean heritage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicole tell of her adoptive parents’ story?

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

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

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

5. What did Nicole find when she started to snoop around looking for clues about her adoption?

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

7. How does Nicole explain her parents’ refusal to delve into the complexities presented by her race?

8. What ruse does Nicole employ when telling her mother that she is looking for her birth family?

9. What strategies did Nicole develop as a young child, to combat other students’ race-based hostility toward her?

10. How did Nicole’s family information stack up against her husband Dan’s family’s information?

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