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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 regular was Cindy’s mother’s physical abuse?
(a) Daily.
(b) Three-four times a week.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Infrequent.

2. What side of Nicole’s mother did Jessica reveal to her?
(a) She was a devout Christian.
(b) She could be funny and charming.
(c) She was a brilliant intellectual.
(d) She was a caring nurse.

3. What did Nicole imagine a relationship with her birth parents would look like?
(a) Banter with a passing stranger.
(b) A pleasant conversation with fellow travelers.
(c) A religious confession.
(d) A long-distance friendship.

4. What did giving birth make Nicole wonder about, regarding her own birth?
(a) Whether her mother’s labor was hard.
(b) Whether she cried right away.
(c) Whether her mother got to hold her.
(d) Whether her father helped her mother with the birth.

5. Why did Nicole tell Abigail that she did not miss her mother?
(a) Because she had hurt her.
(b) Because she had her heart inside herself.
(c) Because she was a bad person.
(d) Because she never knew her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise did Nicole make to her children about her history?

2. What did Cindy promise Nicole in her first letter?

3. What did Cindy thank Nicole for on the second morning of their visit?

4. Why does Nicole’s mother say she did not respond to Nicole’s birth mother when she reached out when Nicole was a child?

5. What does Nicole say she was surprised by, in talking about her adoption with her mother, now that she had found her birth family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the source of the anxiety Nicole felt in advance of meeting her birth father?

2. How do the routines of new parenthood change Nicole’s view of her own early months?

3. What do Nicole and Cindy find they have in common when they meet?

4. What information did Cindy get from her father when she asked him whether she had a sister?

5. How has Nicole’s understanding of adoption changed throughout the course of All You Can Ever Know?

6. How does giving birth change Nicole’s view of her own birth?

7. What did Nicole learn about her father’s temperament during the visit?

8. What did Nicole tell her daughter Abigail when Abby started to ask questions about adoption?

9. What books did Nicole’s father give to her and to Cindy?

10. How does the relationship between Grace and Abigail reflect Nicole’s relationship with Cindy back to her?

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