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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 Nicole’s birth mother send her after she gave birth?

2. What kind of sign did Nicole see in her parents having hidden the fact of the adoption?

3. What does Nicole say she felt while going through labor?

4. What did Cindy say she was nervous about, when she got pregnant?

5. What trait of Cindy’s was Nicole struck by when she arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the source of the anxiety Nicole felt in advance of meeting her birth father?

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

6. What could Cindy tell Nicole about their father?

7. What was labor like for Nicole?

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

9. What information did Cindy get from her father when she asked him whether she had a sister?

10. What did Nicole learn about her father’s temperament during the visit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nicole describes a number of experiences of racism, and she says that she feels an obligation, in a divided America, to speak up when she sees racist ideas raise their heads. What does Nicole’s book tell us about handling racism, and about reacting to it? What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nicole keeping her accounts of racism general and at a distance?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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