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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 Cindy say she was nervous about, when she got pregnant?
(a) Ending up like her mother.
(b) Making time for child-rearing.
(c) Her child’s health
(d) The pain of birth.

2. How was Cindy’s pregnancy terminated?
(a) Injection.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Pills.
(d) Miscarriage.

3. How did Cindy characterize her father’s temperament to Nicole in advance of his visit?
(a) Fawning.
(b) Blunt.
(c) Reactionary.
(d) Genial.

4. What did the fortune cookie say, the night Nicole went into labor?
(a) Pay attention to family before money.
(b) Your hard work is about to pay off.
(c) Never forget where you came from.
(d) Your dreams will come true.

5. Whose books did Nicole’s father present to Nicole and Cindy?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Melville.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only person Cindy told about her second pregnancy?

2. Why did Nicole not name her baby Susan?

3. How does Cindy characterize her mother’s life?

4. Why does Nicole say she is always relieved when she meets other adoptees?

5. How does Nicole say she views adoption now, instead of as good or bad?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What could Cindy tell Nicole about their father?

6. What was labor like for Nicole?

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

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

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

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

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