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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. What did the social worker tell Nicole’s parents when she gave them the baby?
2. How did Nicole’s parents explain the opportunity to adopt a child to themselves?
3. What had Nicole’s birth mother done right before her premature labor started?
4. How old was Cindy when she came to America?
5. How does Nicole say her parents saw her adoption?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s childhood?
2. How does Nicole explain her parents’ refusal to delve into the complexities presented by her race?
3. How does Cindy characterize her relationship with her parents, when Nicole gets in touch with her?
4. What happened when Nicole’s birth mother tried to get in touch with her?
5. How did Nicole feel about opening the question of her birth family?
6. What kind of information did Nicole and Dan get about the pregnancy, and what kind of information did Nicole want?
7. What did Nicole learn when she requested information from the hospital where she was born?
8. How does Nicole say her parents decided to go forward with the adoption?
9. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s relationship with her Koreanness?
10. What ruse does Nicole employ when telling her mother that she is looking for her birth family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of All You Can Ever Know. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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