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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the morning routine for babies at Sidra's work?
(a) They are fed, bathed, and dressed.
(b) They are taught sign language, fed, put to bed.
(c) They watch tv and are ignored.
(d) They are read to and snuggled before feeding.

3. What type of man did Hadley's parents tell her she might be able to marry?
(a) A man of God.
(b) A man with a low IQ.
(c) One willing to overlook her failings.
(d) One unwilling to submit to government control.

4. How long are babies available for borrowing before they are sent elsewhere?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 2 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Sidra described as an employee?

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

3. What does Hadley hope her parents will do once she moved away from home?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "Graceful Burdens" once a woman is deemed suitable for procreation?

2. Describe the card catalog in the library at the start of "Graceful Burdens."

3. Why is Sidra hired for the caretaker position at the Omaha Public Library?

4. What happens when Hadley tells her family she failed her genetic screening?

5. What do some wealthy women do if they fail genetic screening?

6. Describe the area where the library babies stay until they are checked out.

7. Where are library babies sent when they turn three?

8. What is the baby lending process at the Omaha Public Library?

9. What is Hadley's life in Omaha like after she moves following her failed genetic screening?

10. What happens in "Graceful Burdens" to women when they reach the age of 16?

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