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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 7 - 14 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to men who fail their genetic screening?
(a) They are sent to Iceland.
(b) They are paired with women who fail their genetic screening.
(c) They are put into forced labor.
(d) They are sterilized.

2. What is another of the four places babies may be sent to when they age out of the lending program?
(a) They are sold to wealthy families as servants.
(b) They are dropped off in the middle of nowhere to fend for themselves.
(c) They are sent to orphanages.
(d) They are euthanized.

3. What is the root of much of the pain Hadley feels in regards to her inability to procreate?
(a) She feels her life has no meaning.
(b) She is the only one in her family who failed genetic screening.
(c) She had always dreamed of being a mother.
(d) She knows the people think that her life has no meaning.

4. What is another of the four places babies may be sent to when they age out of the lending program?
(a) They are sent to Iceland.
(b) The Government will take them.
(c) They are sold to wealthy families as servants.
(d) They are sent to work on farms.

5. What does Seraphina's husband always seem to think Seraphina may do at any moment?
(a) Erupt in anger.
(b) Sing.
(c) Tell a joke.
(d) Run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the morning routine for babies at Sidra's work?

2. Who is the author of the short story "Graceful Burdens"?

3. What does the email one of the nannies wrote to Seraphina weeks before say?

4. What type of baby does Hadley choose to borrow?

5. What is one of the factors that may eliminate a woman from being able to procreate?

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