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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. How does Seraphina feel about her children?
(a) She thinks they are beautiful.
(b) She thinks they are geniuses.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She loves them.

6. What is Seraphina's husband's name?
(a) Phil.
(b) Paul.
(c) Frank.
(d) Peter.

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

8. What is the name of the baby Hadley borrows from the library?
(a) Jenna.
(b) Gabby.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Gemma.

9. Where do the women who visit Hadley say they are from?
(a) The Society of Venus.
(b) The Cupid Consortium.
(c) The Aphrodite Association.
(d) Aeneas' Angels.

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

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

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

13. 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 told her he did not blame her.
(c) He suggested she move to Iceland.
(d) He slapped her.

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

15. In what way does Seraphina feel her children are like their father?
(a) They are funny.
(b) They are boring.
(c) They are intelligent.
(d) They are handsome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the women who visit Hadley tell her that do?

3. What did Seraphina often fantasize about before becoming licensed?

4. What example does one of the women who visits Hadley use as proof that Hadley's life may not have purpose?

5. What does Seraphina's husband always seem to think Seraphina may do at any moment?

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