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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allows John to make it on a flight the following day, according to Martha's account in the story?
(a) A flight delay.
(b) A kind passenger.
(c) Stand by.
(d) A last minute cancellation.

2. What do Martha's cousin and Martha joke about when they are out on an adventure together?
(a) Childhood.
(b) School.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Marriage.

3. Where does Martha stop along the way to her visit with the nurse practitioner?
(a) The cafe.
(b) The coffee shop.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) Harvard Coop.

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) Her mother.
(b) John.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Anna.

5. Martha believes that Adam was sent into the world to ________ her and her husband, according to her account in the story.
(a) Strengthen.
(b) Teach.
(c) Connect with.
(d) Avoid.

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

7. What center tells Martha that she will have a child with Down Syndrome, according to her account in the story?
(a) Cleveland Clinic.
(b) University Health Services.
(c) Johns Hopkins.
(d) Boston Medical Center.

8. What does Martha believe she can see inside the doctor as they are talking to each other?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fear.

9. What does Martha feel touch her when she recalls asking someone to help her save her baby?
(a) A breast.
(b) A hand.
(c) A pair of lips.
(d) A mouth.

10. _________ is a stressful experience for Martha since there are many unknowns during the birth of Adam.
(a) Shopping.
(b) Reading.
(c) Labor.
(d) Parenting.

11. Who does Martha decide to meet with immediately, according to her account in the story?
(a) Jane.
(b) Judy.
(c) Anna.
(d) John.

12. What is the name of Martha's cousin who takes her out one afternoon?
(a) Anna.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Katie.
(d) Julie.

13. What is Martha packed and ready to do when John comes home with the news about his job?
(a) Go to the hospital.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Go to her parents' house.
(d) Take Katie to school.

14. What does John come across when he is walking one night, so he decides to lay down and sleep there?
(a) Shrine.
(b) Park.
(c) Field of flowers.
(d) Bookstore couch.

15. The fact that Martha and John are still ________ candidates during the pregnancy causes them a lot of stress.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Master's.
(c) PhD.
(d) Political.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha find when she stops in the place, mentioned in #110, according to her account in the story?

2. What kind of hands does Martha ask to help her with her baby, according to her account in the story?

3. Who decides not to back down from the position of having the baby, besides Martha?

4. What is the ability that John and Martha have which allows them to connect with each other?

5. Who does Martha go to visit during one of the times when John is away for business?

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