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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. Who did Nicole look for, the first time she went to a city with a large Asian population?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

2. What did Nicole say when a couple asked her if she ever felt like her parents were not her real parents?
(a) All the time.
(b) Never.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Sometimes.

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

4. How long did Nicole’s parents try for a pregnancy before they adopted her?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 10 years.

5. What kind of patient does Nicole say she always was?
(a) The kind to request heavy drugs.
(b) The kind to refuse to take drugs.
(c) The kind to use homemade remedies.
(d) The kind who collapsed and let herself be cared for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Cindy working when she got a call about having a sister?

2. What does Nicole say her mother was anxious about, in the story of a local boy who reconnected with his birth parents?

3. What did Nicole say she had to show respect for when she had doubts about her adoption narrative?

4. What did Nicole ask the adoption agency for?

5. Where did Cindy move to after her freshman year of high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Nicole find in Seattle the first time she went there?

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

3. How does Nicole characterize her mother’s fears about her finding her birth parents?

4. What is the trope Nicole uses, to justify her long passages about her memories as a child of adoption?

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

6. What is the story Nicole Chung says she was told about her adoption?

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

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

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

10. What kind of environment did Nicole and Dan find at Brenda’s birthing center?

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