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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Martha find to be supportive when she and John call them about their diagnosis?
(a) Katie's parents.
(b) Harvard professors.
(c) Parents.
(d) Their landlady.

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

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

4. What were the people in the room examining Adam for, according to her account in the story?
(a) Number of fingers and toes.
(b) Life threatening conditions.
(c) Extra parts.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where does John go at the beginning of this chapter, according to Martha's account in the story?
(a) To Hawaii.
(b) Back home.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

6. ________ was having a conversation with a mentor when they are told to forget their family.
(a) Martha.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Deirdre.
(d) John.

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

8. What does the doctor at the hospital suggest that Martha do in order to save her life?
(a) Another amniocentesis.
(b) Blood test.
(c) Abortion.
(d) A new doctor.

9. What does John feel when he talks to his adviser about the progress of his dissertation?
(a) Happy.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Sad.

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

11. What does the touch on Martha cause to happen, according to her account in the story?
(a) A headache to begin.
(b) A headache to stop.
(c) The bleeding to get worse.
(d) The bleeding to stop.

12. What does Martha notice is happening in the room in the moments before Adam arrives in the world?
(a) A large gathering of professionals.
(b) Nail biting.
(c) Noise.
(d) Silence.

13. What would this professional use to help children with Down Syndrome?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Bells.
(c) Owls.
(d) Dolphins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Adam came into the world and he was not the _________ that many had expected him to be.

2. Martha began to be frightened about what would happen if Adam were born ________.

3. What does Martha decide to order from the grocery delivery?

4. Who points out Adam's small, but perfect features, according to her account in the story?

5. What does John find when he is ready to leave to go back to Boston?

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