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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. Who decides they suddenly need to go home, based on a feeling they have about someone else?
(a) Katie.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Martha.
(d) John.

2. Where did Martha decide to take Adam, in response to the information she got from her dream?
(a) California.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) Hawaii.

3. What wakes Martha up the following morning, according to her story in the boook?
(a) Her alarm clock.
(b) Sibyl.
(c) Katie.
(d) Telephone.

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

5. What does John decide to focus more on after he talks to his adviser about his dissertation?
(a) Schoolwork.
(b) Katie.
(c) Home life.
(d) Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What test was the one that confirmed the diagnosis of Down Syndrome in Adam, according to her account in the story?

2. Martha decides that she has __________ with her son and that she is determined to have her son.

3. What is the name of the nurse practitioner that tells Martha that her child might have Down Syndrome?

4. What allows John to make it on a flight the following day, according to Martha's account in the story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Martha and John learn from their parents when they talked to them about the diagnosis they learned?

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

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

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

5. What did John use as rationale when he decided to return home instead of staying in Asia?

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

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

8. What did Martha begin to see in the doctor as they were talking about her pregnancy?

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

10. What did Martha learn on the phone call that makes her stay on the phone until John arrived home?

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