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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John's dissertation advisor say that John will never get because he allowed Martha to have the baby?

2. Why does Martha end up in the hospital with IV fluids again, towards the end of her pregnancy?

3. Where did Martha decide to take Adam, in response to the information she got from her dream?

4. Where does Martha stop along the way to her visit with the nurse practitioner?

5. Martha began to be frightened about what would happen if Adam were born ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John's dissertation adviser tell John when John tells him about the diagnosis?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martha could only find a book on Down Syndrome that was depressing and not helpful to her situation. But she reads it anyway.

Part 1: Why do you think the books on Down Syndrome at the time were depressing?

Part 2: Do you think people are accepting of Down Syndrome today?

Part 3: Would you want to read books on Down Syndrome if you were to find out your child had the condition?

Essay Topic 2

While John and Martha have decided to call the child Christen, they end up calling him Adam in the end.

Part 1: How would you go about choosing a name for your child?

Part 2: Why do you think it's so difficult to choose a name for a child being born?

Part 3: Do you think that John and Martha made the right decision for their child's name?

Essay Topic 3

Martha discusses how she feels that she will be exposed as a fake when she is at Harvard.

Part 1: Why do you think Martha feels she is a fake?

Part 2: Do you think a lot of people who go to Harvard feel that way?

Part 3: How do you think a person might get past the feeling of being a fake in their environment?

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