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

2. What was the first thing Nicole’s father said about her appearance?
(a) That she was plump.
(b) That she was very tall.
(c) That she was too skinny.
(d) That she was very beautiful.

3. How dilated was Nicole when she showed up at the birthing center?
(a) 4 centimeters.
(b) 10 centimeters.
(c) 6 centimeters.
(d) 8 centimeters.

4. What did Rick tell Nicole was a family trait Cindy, Nicole and their father had in common?
(a) A sharp sense of decency.
(b) A weird sense of humor.
(c) A poor sense of time.
(d) A poor sense of direction.

5. What promise did Nicole make to her children about her history?
(a) To clean it up.
(b) To give them all the hard things up front.
(c) To hold it back till they are ready for it.
(d) To be open about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rick say Nicole’s fathers body language suggested?

2. How did Nicole’s mother explain the adoption to Nicole on the phone?

3. Why did Nicole not name her baby Susan?

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

5. What had just happened when Nicole’s mother called after the baby was born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s temperament?

3. What information does Nicole get from Cindy’s photographs?

4. What was Nicole’s mother’s reaction to Nicole’s new information about her birth family?

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

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

7. How does Nicole get Cindy to discuss the hard things she had originally wanted to avoid talking about?

8. What could Cindy tell Nicole about their father?

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

10. How did Cindy get her father to admit that there was another sister?

(see the answer keys)

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