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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 14 - 19 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What picture does the woman show Hadley after she eats and learns that Gemma and her mother have gone?
(a) Her children.
(b) Hadley's younger sister.
(c) A baby and her mother.
(d) Gabriella and Chloe.

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

4. How old are women when they need to submit to genetic screening in "Graceful Burdens"?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

5. Where are women allowed to go to borrow babies in "Graceful Burdens"?
(a) Other women's homes.
(b) A daycare center.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hadley eat when she wakes in the small house where she brought Gemma?

2. Why are Seraphina and her husband able to afford two nannies?

3. What is another of the four places babies may be sent to when they age out of the lending program?

4. What does Hadley say when the officer grabs her arm after stopping Hadley and the baby while on a walk?

5. Why is Sidra told she is perfect for the position of caretaker?

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