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

2. What kind of hands does Martha ask to help her with her baby, according to her account in the story?
(a) A child's.
(b) A man's.
(c) A woman's.
(d) A priest's.

3. Who was having troubles accepting Adam's diagnosis at first, though this person decides to support it?
(a) Martha's sister.
(b) Martha's father.
(c) Martha's mother.
(d) Martha's cousin.

4. How might the people who want Martha and John to not have their baby be described?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Unintelligent.
(c) Boring.
(d) Absent.

5. Adam shows to John that ______ things always have a good side to them, according to the story.
(a) Bad.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha feel touch her when she recalls asking someone to help her save her baby?

2. What is the name of Martha's cousin who takes her out one afternoon?

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

4. During this time, John thinks about not returning to ________ as he is tired from all that is happening.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened after John spoke with his dissertation adviser that day?

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

4. What was John unsure he could face every day when he is on his business trip, which caused him to question his life?

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

6. What was Martha thinking about when John is talking to his mentor and having troubles focusing on his words?

7. What was the negative experience that Martha has in one of her classes, causing her to not doubt what others thought of her decision to have the baby?

8. Why didn't Adam go home in the first few days after his birth, according to the story?

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

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

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