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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 was the doctors’ prognosis for Nicole as a baby?

2. How does Nicole characterize her adoptive mother’s hair?

3. Where did Nicole’s parents live before they got a transfer to Seattle?

4. How old was Cindy when she came to America?

5. What did Nicole ask the adoption agency for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of adoption was arranged for Nicole and her birth parents?

2. What information did Nicole learn from Donna, the search angel?

3. Why did pregnancy lead Nicole to inquire into her birth family?

4. What is the story Nicole Chung says she was told about her adoption?

5. How does Nicole characterize Cindy’s relationship with her Koreanness?

6. How does Nicole say her parents viewed the adoption and the fact that she was Korean?

7. What happened when Nicole’s birth mother tried to get in touch with her?

8. What kind of information did Nicole and Dan get about the pregnancy, and what kind of information did Nicole want?

9. What kind of environment did Nicole and Dan find at Brenda’s birthing center?

10. How does Nicole explain her parents’ refusal to delve into the complexities presented by her race?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does All You Can Ever Know tell us about being Korean, generally? What does it tell us about being American? What kind of belonging is possible through national identity? What are the trappings of that identity? What does being white mean to Nicole?

Essay Topic 2

Nicole says that she never felt Korean enough for her parents, but her sister described her as very Americanized. How does Nicole determine how American to be? What does being American mean to her? What would “Korean enough” look like? How do these ideas change as Nicole gets to know her birth family better?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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