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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 assurance did Nicole’s mother give her, after Nicole found out that her birth mother was abusive?
2. What did Nicole fear her father was ashamed of her for?
3. What did Cindy tell Nicole their parents’ fights were mostly concerned with?
4. What did Cindy say when Nicole said that she did not know if they would ever become sisters?
5. What trait did Rick say Cindy and Nicole had in common?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Cindy say made her apprehensive about getting pregnant?
2. What did Nicole tell her daughter Abigail when Abby started to ask questions about adoption?
3. What could Cindy tell Nicole about their father?
4. What does Nicole’s father tell her about his family’s lineage?
5. What is the question Nicole never asked her father? Why did she not ask?
6. How does Nicole characterize the company in which she feels at home?
7. How has Nicole’s understanding of adoption changed throughout the course of All You Can Ever Know?
8. How does giving birth change Nicole’s view of her own birth?
9. Under what circumstances did Nicole’s birth mother call her?
10. How do the routines of new parenthood change Nicole’s view of her own early months?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Nicole says that she found a society in people who were displaced or came from broken families. What does she have in common with those people, and what is the basis of their common ground? How does this book help build that common ground with readers?
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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