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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the alfa fetal protein test that Martha took before the holiday?
(a) Normal.
(b) High.
(c) Low.
(d) Unclear.

2. What kind of disorder does Martha have that causes her to have difficult pregnancies?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Fibroids.
(c) Autoimmune.
(d) Diabetes.

3. What happened to Deirdre after she left this man and became pregnant?
(a) She decided to start a new degree.
(b) She aborted the child.
(c) She was unable to eat.
(d) She went back to him.

4. What does Martha discover the next day that reminds her of the incident in the stairwell?
(a) Her missing coat.
(b) A book.
(c) A picture.
(d) A note.

5. What made Martha the ideal test case patient for new nurses that were in the medical center?
(a) Large veins.
(b) A willing attitude.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) A strange blood count.

6. What do John and Martha do very little of during their holiday with Katie?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Walking.
(d) Studying.

7. Who offers to walk Martha home after her incident during the gender seminar?
(a) Fellow student.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) John.

8. How many children do Martha and John have besides Adam?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

9. What did Martha go into town to get when she had the incident with the moose?
(a) Pregnancy test.
(b) Milk.
(c) Pain killers.
(d) A new outfit.

10. Why would John want to have the baby aborted, according to the story?
(a) If the child was small.
(b) If they weren't ready.
(c) If the child was deformed.
(d) If the child was a girl.

11. What is the condition that is suggested by the test result that Martha gets after the holiday?
(a) Dwarfism.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Down Syndrome.

12. What does the helpful strange offer to Martha, which was exactly what she had been craving?
(a) Groceries.
(b) Movies.
(c) A new book.
(d) A babysitter.

13. What is the name of the other child that is frequently mentioned in this story?
(a) Katie.
(b) Anna.
(c) Julie.
(d) Mildred.

14. What kind of book is this book, as evidenced by the way the book is written and presented to the reader?
(a) Fictional story.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Myth.
(d) Textbook.

15. What does Katie see out of the window which causes Martha to realize they need to leave their home?
(a) Police cars.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Fire trucks.
(d) Flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Martha need to get from University Health Services emergency center?

2. What does Martha have to do in addition to the amniocentesis, according to her account in the book?

3. John is gone on his ________ trip overseas when the fire in the apartment building occurs.

4. What happens in Martha's gender seminar that causes others to find out she is pregnant?

5. What does Martha have to arrange when John is going to be out of town for a few weeks?

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