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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 does the email one of the nannies wrote to Seraphina weeks before say?
(a) The email says she quit.
(b) The email says she will be going on vacation.
(c) The emails says she thinks Seraphina is a terrible mother.
(d) The email says she wants to adopt Seraphina's children.

2. How did Seraphina's father react when she once told him she did not want to be a mother?
(a) He told her she could do what she wanted.
(b) He slapped her.
(c) He told her he did not blame her.
(d) He suggested she move to Iceland.

3. Why do some women return their borrowed babies quickly?
(a) They find the emotions of caring for a borrowed baby too much to bear.
(b) They find motherhood too challenging.
(c) They run out of food too soon.
(d) They realize they do not like babies.

4. What does Hadley hope her parents will do once she moved away from home?
(a) Stop talking to her.
(b) Send her money.
(c) Visit her.
(d) Ask her to move home.

5. What does the voice on the other side of Hadley's door say after Hadley does not answer to the knocking?
(a) Help me.
(b) Open up!
(c) Let us in now.
(d) We're friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work does Hadley get after she moves away from home?

2. Why does Seraphina feel her husband is incapable of inspiring anger in her?

3. What are some of the things that women who accept their lot in life do when they are deemed unsuitable for procreation?

4. What is Seraphina's son's name?

5. What does Hadley think about doing with the baby after she takes her from the library?

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