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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Washington state place adoption records in the public record?
2. How did Nicole sign her letter to her mother?
3. What does Nicole say substituted for her lack of Korean heritage?
4. What was Brenda doing when Nicole and Dan arrived at her birth class?
5. What transition was taking place, that kept Nicole from looking into her birth parents’ identities?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Nicole say substituted for the Korean culture she lost?
2. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s childhood?
3. How does Nicole explain her parents’ refusal to delve into the complexities presented by her race?
4. How does Nicole characterize her discovery that race affected her?
5. Why did pregnancy lead Nicole to inquire into her birth family?
6. What assurance did Nicole and Dan receive from Brenda?
7. What information did Nicole learn from Donna, the search angel?
8. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s relationship with her Koreanness?
9. What is the story Nicole Chung says she was told about her adoption?
10. How did Nicole feel about opening the question of her birth family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do you think Nicole’s adoptive family felt about her writing this book? What kinds of pressure would a family exert on an adopted child, to make a certain account? Imagine a conversation in which Nicole justifies including personal details, or her adoptive family prevails on her to exclude them.
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of All You Can Ever Know—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate the ending of All You Can Ever Know. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?
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