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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 does Nicole say she cannot tell her mother not to call her?
(a) Because she understands where her mother’s suffering came from.
(b) Because her mother has asked for her forgiveness.
(c) Because her mother has called anyway, when she told her not to.
(d) Because her mother’s sins were not against her.

2. How old was Nicole when she found out about her second pregnancy?
(a) 25.
(b) 29.
(c) 31.
(d) 27.

3. How does Nicole describe the feeling that she and Cindy are finally sisters?
(a) They read each other’s minds.
(b) They can go the distance together.
(c) Their husbands mistake them for each other.
(d) They have each other on speed dial.

4. What was Nicole afraid of in meeting her birth father?
(a) Knowing what to feel about him.
(b) Forgiving him.
(c) Whether she might look like him enough.
(d) Disappointing him.

5. What happened when Nicole was 10 centimeters dilated?
(a) The doula told her to push.
(b) Nicole passed out.
(c) The doctors threatened to start a Caesarean.
(d) Nicole received an epidural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicole say she felt about her inability to follow the conversation when her father switched to Korean?

2. What does Nicole say made her sisters with Cindy?

3. What wish did Nicole express to her mother?

4. How long did it take Cindy to request a date to visit, after Nicole invited her?

5. What did Cindy say she was nervous about, when she got pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Under what circumstances did Nicole’s birth mother call her?

2. What does Nicole’s sister Jessica say she and her sister Cindy had been told about the baby who was given away?

3. How did Cindy’s pregnancy affect her visit with Nicole and Dan?

4. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s temperament?

5. What could Cindy tell Nicole about their father?

6. How does Nicole characterize the company in which she feels at home?

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

8. What is it that seems wrong and off to Nicole, about her mother’s apologies?

9. How does Nicole characterize her role as an adoptee in contemporary America?

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

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