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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pp. 3 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the root of much of the pain Hadley feels in regards to her inability to procreate?
(a) She knows the people think that 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 feels her life has no meaning.

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

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

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

5. 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 realize they do not like babies.
(c) They find motherhood too challenging.
(d) They run out of food too soon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In addition to information on where the baby is from and its name and age what other information is listed about the babies?

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

5. What does Hadley do some nights to manage her pain?

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