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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Martha begins to feel ________ in her last few months of pregnancy because of the information she learns.
(a) Guilty.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Hopeful.

2. How does one of Martha's friends know so much about Down Syndrome, according to her account in the story?
(a) Her own experience.
(b) A class she took.
(c) Martha.
(d) Novel research.

3. What does Martha see floating before her while she feels cradled in the arms of someone who makes her feel completely at peace?
(a) Hair.
(b) Feet.
(c) Hands.
(d) Eyes.

4. Who does Martha decide to wait for on the phone with the nurse practitioner, keeping her on the line until this person arrived home?
(a) Anna.
(b) John.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Her mother.

5. John and Martha begin to fight over their ________ for their child, according to the story.
(a) Expectations.
(b) Needs.
(c) Names.
(d) Stories.

6. What does John's boss offer to pay him for during the time when he finished his dissertation?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Six months.
(c) One week.
(d) One year.

7. Who points out Adam's small, but perfect features, according to her account in the story?
(a) Katie.
(b) John.
(c) Pediatrician.
(d) Martha.

8. What was Adam's first response to the therapy he received when he was in this new place?
(a) Calm.
(b) Bored.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Happy.

9. What kind of professional worked with children with Down Syndrome, according to her account in the story?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Detective.
(c) Linguist.
(d) Psychologist.

10. What is the ability that John and Martha have which allows them to connect with each other?
(a) Seeing Thing.
(b) Seeing Eye.
(c) Seeing Trance.
(d) Seeing Song.

11. Who does Martha make the promise that she will come into the hospital as soon as possible?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Anna.
(c) Doctor.
(d) John.

12. Who did Martha call when she realized she needed medical help?
(a) ER.
(b) John.
(c) University Medical Services.
(d) Sibyl.

13. What does John leave the apartment to do, which leaves Martha in a moment of despair?
(a) Get Katie from school.
(b) Dentist appointment.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Grocery shopping.

14. Adam shows to John that ______ things always have a good side to them, according to the story.
(a) Crazy.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Bad.
(d) Complicated.

15. Who is the one that feels that they should name the child Adam instead of the name they'd already picked out?
(a) John.
(b) Katie.
(c) Both.
(d) Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the experience that Martha have in the beginning of her labor?

2. Where did Martha decide to take Adam, in response to the information she got from her dream?

3. What did Martha begin to dream about when Adam was two, according to her account in the story?

4. In one class, a man shouted out that it was a ________ decision to abort a deformed child.

5. What did Martha decide to do instead of heading to the hospital?

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