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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 9 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a burden.
(d) They feel it is an injustice.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the names of Seraphina's nannies?

4. What type of baby does Hadley choose to borrow?

5. What does Seraphina suspect about her nannies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to Hadley's apartment after she arrives with Gemma and where are they from?

2. Why do the women who come to Hadley's apartment say they think she is one of them?

3. Why does Hadley consider running away with Gemma when she takes her from the library?

4. How does borrowing a baby make Hadley feel about her lot in life?

5. What does one of the woman who comes to Hadley's apartment say to Hadley when she says that borrowing a baby is not a crime?

6. Describe Hadley's experience at the library when she looks for a baby to borrow.

7. How does Seraphina feel about her life as a mother?

8. How does Seraphina discover her nannies are gone and how does she react?

9. How does Paul behave around Seraphina?

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