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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Seraphina do after reading the email from one of the nannies?
(a) She leaves the house without a word.
(b) She lies on the kitchen floor.
(c) She hides in the bathroom and cries.
(d) She lies under her covers in bed.

2. What type of baby does Hadley choose to borrow?
(a) The quietest, saddest looking baby.
(b) The one which most resembles Hadley.
(c) The loudest, grouchiest baby.
(d) The fattest, happiest looking baby.

3. Why are Seraphina and her husband able to afford two nannies?
(a) Seraphina is wealthy.
(b) They found inexpensive nannies.
(c) The government pays for childcare.
(d) Paul is wealthy.

4. What does one of the women who visits Hadley say about the practice of borrowing babies?
(a) It is unnatural.
(b) It is brutal.
(c) It is not a crime.
(d) It is a moral crime.

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

6. What example does one of the women who visits Hadley use as proof that Hadley's life may not have purpose?
(a) She is a waitress.
(b) She has sex with too many men.
(c) She drinks too much.
(d) She borrowed a baby.

7. What does Seraphina accuse her husband of when he suggests she is angry?
(a) Being sexist.
(b) Being stupid.
(c) Being a jerk.
(d) Being racist.

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

9. What are the names of Seraphina's nannies?
(a) Chloe and Elise.
(b) Gabriella and Chloe.
(c) Gabby and Sue.
(d) Alexis and Mary.

10. How do the women who visit Hadley feel about their lot as unlicensed women?
(a) They feel it is a burden.
(b) They feel the genetic screening is rigged.
(c) They feel it is a blessing.
(d) They feel it is an injustice.

11. What does Seraphina suspect about her nannies?
(a) They are stealing.
(b) They are brainwashing her children.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are going to quit.

12. Who believes that the nannies love their job more than Seraphina loved being a mother?
(a) Seraphina's husband.
(b) The nannies.
(c) Hadley.
(d) Seraphina.

13. Who tells Seraphina that the nannies have left?
(a) Seraphina's children.
(b) Seraphina's husband.
(c) Hadley.
(d) The police.

14. How did Seraphina feel when she became a licensed women?
(a) Elated.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Blessed.

15. Why does Seraphina feel her husband is incapable of inspiring anger in her?
(a) He can do no wrong.
(b) He takes care of all the household chores.
(c) He is not interesting enough.
(d) He treats her like a queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seraphina do after she learns the nannies are not there and her son says he is hungry?

2. How long are Gabriella and Chloe said to be away for?

3. Where do the women who visit Hadley say they are from?

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

5. How old is the baby Hadley borrows from the library?

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