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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’s mother’s phone call make Nicole feel about Cindy?
(a) That Cindy suffered more than she did.
(b) That Cindy was braver than her.
(c) That Cindy she forgive her mother.
(d) That Cindy was scarred and emotionally deformed by her mother.

2. What did Nicole fret about, in terms of a visit with Cindy?
(a) Cindy criticizing her.
(b) Cindy cutting her out of her life.
(c) Cindy disappointing her.
(d) Cindy hitting her up for money.

3. What did Cindy tell Nicole their father felt, when he was confronted with the story of the adoption?
(a) Shame.
(b) Eagerness to set things right.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Nostalgia.

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

5. What does Nicole say made her sisters with Cindy?
(a) They spent a certain amount of time on the phone together.
(b) They found enough traits in common.
(c) They visited with their father together.
(d) They decided to be sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Cindy’s pregnancy ended did she travel to see Nicole?

2. Where was Nicole experiencing pain during labor?

3. How does Nicole say she referred to her father?

4. How long before her visit did Cindy tell Nicole she was pregnant?

5. How many generations back could Nicole’s father trace his lineage from his generation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did it take so long for Nicole and Cindy to schedule a visit?

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

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

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

6. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s temperament?

7. What does Nicole’s father tell her about his family’s lineage?

8. What did Cindy say made her apprehensive about getting pregnant?

9. Where does Nicole say the real lessons came from, in her experience of searching for her birth parents?

10. What did Nicole call her father?

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