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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 is the final pronunciation of Adam's medical status, according to Martha's description?
(a) Needs more time in the womb.
(b) Needs life support.
(c) Needs more pain killers.
(d) Healthy.

2. Why didn't Adam go home for the first few days of life, according to her account in the story?
(a) Jaundice.
(b) Was on a ventilator.
(c) He was in pain.
(d) His organs needed to develop more.

3. What did Martha decide to do instead of heading to the hospital?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Call John.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Bake a cake.

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

5. What do John and Martha share with each other when they are talking? ___________ that happened during the pregnancy.
(a) Names.
(b) Odd experiences.
(c) Upsets.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John decide to begin to arrange when he arrives back from his trip overseas?

3. Because of his experience, John decide to return to his ___________, according to the story.

4. Why does Martha wake up in the middle of the night, before she and John decide to talk?

5. What does the obstetrician accuse Martha of doing which is why the doctor thinks she's in the hospital?

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 made it easier for Martha to grieve the loss of her normal child when she was visiting family?

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

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

5. What did Martha discover when she returns from a trip to the mall?

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

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

8. What happened when Martha and John were able to hold Adam and the pediatrician comes in?

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

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

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