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

2. How does Nicole characterize the relationship she thought she would have with her birth parents?
(a) Passing friendship.
(b) A long-distance friendship.
(c) Nothing better than estrangement.
(d) Long, deep instant friendship.

3. What was Nicole put off by when she first met Brenda?
(a) The commitment Brenda required.
(b) Brenda’s invoice.
(c) Brenda’s casualness.
(d) Brenda’s frankness about her body.

4. How much did was the bill for that Nicole found in her parents’ adoption box?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $2,500.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nicole’s husband Dan’s genetic heritage?

2. Where did Nicole first see a city full of Asian people?

3. How long was Cindy deployed in Korea for?

4. How does Nicole say her parents saw her adoption?

5. How does Nicole say her parents returned to religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Cindy characterize her relationship with her parents, when Nicole gets in touch with her?

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