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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is coming to an end, which is why John is being pushed in a certain direction by others?
(a) Consulting job.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) His marriage.
(d) Degree.

2. What does Martha find that John has hidden in one of the drawers where she was going to hide the gift for Adam?
(a) Picture frame.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Sweat suit.
(d) Book.

3. What does the obstetrician accuse Martha of doing which is why the doctor thinks she's in the hospital?
(a) Trying to get more attention.
(b) Trying to starve herself.
(c) Trying to commit suicide.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

6. John is told he needs to fight for a new __________ for a future job, according to the book.
(a) Salary.
(b) Benefits package.
(c) Manager.
(d) Position.

7. Where do Martha and John arrive at the start of this chapter of the book?
(a) The school.
(b) Home.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Harvard.

8. Where does Martha begin to cry after getting the item, according to her account in the story?
(a) Elevator.
(b) Taxi.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

9. What does Martha buy for Adam when she is shopping at the Harvard Coop?
(a) Harvard shoes.
(b) A picture frame.
(c) A book.
(d) Harvard sweatsuit.

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

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

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

13. Why does Martha end up in the hospital with IV fluids again, towards the end of her pregnancy?
(a) Nausea.
(b) An infection.
(c) She decides not to eat well.
(d) Diarrhea.

14. Many doctors and _________ tried to see Adam to examine him when he was in the hospital.
(a) TV reporters.
(b) Harvard professors.
(c) Interns.
(d) Therapists.

15. What does John's dissertation advisor say that John will never get because he allowed Martha to have the baby?
(a) Funding.
(b) PhD.
(c) A good grade.
(d) A new teaching position.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Martha and John not see because of all of the people who were gathered in the hospital room?

2. Martha finds out that _______ knows all there is to know about children with birth defects.

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

4. _________ begins to read all they can on Down Syndrome, even though they find it all dark and depressing.

5. The fact that Martha and John are still ________ candidates during the pregnancy causes them a lot of stress.

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