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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 fret about, in terms of a visit with Cindy?

2. What does Nicole say the tutor did for her, in teaching her Korean?

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

4. How does Nicole characterize her father’s temperament?

5. Who broke the ice when Nicole’s father came to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has Nicole’s understanding of adoption changed throughout the course of All You Can Ever Know?

3. What does Nicole’s father tell her about his family’s lineage?

4. What books did Nicole’s father give to her and to Cindy?

5. What is it that seems wrong and off to Nicole, about her mother’s apologies?

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

7. What did Nicole tell her daughter Abigail when Abby started to ask questions about adoption?

8. What does Nicole’s sister Jessica say she and her sister Cindy had been told about the baby who was given away?

9. What is the question Nicole never asked her father? Why did she not ask?

10. What was Nicole’s mother’s reaction to Nicole’s new information about her birth family?

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

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Nicole leaving out as much as she does about her marriage and her adoptive family? Do you think the book would benefit more by including more details about her home life and parents, her schooling and engagement, her career plans? What does Nicole gain by her omissions? What does her book lose?

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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