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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John decide to focus more on after he talks to his adviser about his dissertation?

2. Why didn't Adam go home for the first few days of life, according to her account in the story?

3. Who shows John that death is just the beginning of a great adventure, according to the book?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the doctor in the hospital accuse Martha of doing when she was admitted again for dehydration?

2. Why couldn't Martha and John see Adam when he was first born, according to her description?

3. What did John's mentor tell him when John was having a conversation with him about his future?

4. What did Martha notice about the others in the room when she is about to give birth to Adam?

5. Why didn't Martha go to the emergency room when she was ill and bleeding profusely?

6. What did Martha decide to do when she was heading over to see the nurse practitioner?

7. What was Martha surprised to learn about Sibyl when she told her about the diagnosis of Adam?

8. What were the circumstances surrounding the phone call that woke Martha up the next day?

9. What was John considering when he was set to go on another trip to Asia for his job?

10. What did Martha recall happening when she asked for someone to help her save her baby?

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