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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 did Nicole learn from her mother when she asked about the lawyer who handled the adoption?
(a) That she had sisters.
(b) That her birth mother had tried to contact her.
(c) That her mother had spoken to her birth mother.
(d) That her health had not been as dire as she had been told, when she was born.

2. Who does Nicole say was the only person who knew she was looking for her birth parents?
(a) Dan.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Her father.

3. What was the main feeling Nicole got from the idea of her approaching child?
(a) Insufficiency.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Depression.
(d) Resentment.

4. Where had Nicole’s parents moved from, when they had her and gave her up for adoption?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Guam.
(d) Korea.

5. What nation was Nicole’s adoptive last name from?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Cindy when she came to America?

2. When does Nicole say she heard her first racial slur?

3. How old was Nicole when her parents divorced?

4. What was the setting where other children made Nicole aware of her race?

5. What kind of information would the hospital workers give Nicole about childbirth?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of information did Nicole and Dan get about the pregnancy, and what kind of information did Nicole want?

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

7. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s relationship with her Koreanness?

8. Where were Nicole and Dan in their lives when she got pregnant and started to inquire into her birth family?

9. How did Nicole feel about opening the question of her birth family?

10. How does Nicole characterize her discovery that race affected her?

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