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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. At what stage did the doctors give the author her first ultrasound?
(a) 10 weeks.
(b) 8 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 12 weeks.

2. What was the theme of the nursery going to be?
(a) Punk.
(b) Dinosaurs.
(c) Full-blown nerd.
(d) Puppies.

3. What housewarming gift did the author's parents bring?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A collection of photographs.
(c) Paintings and a cedar box.
(d) The writings of the author's grandmother.

4. When was the author's great-great-great-grandmother born?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1820s.

5. What kind of earrings did Tania send the author?
(a) Amber.
(b) Dentalium.
(c) Rose quartz.
(d) Beads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's uncle study at college?

2. Whose house did the author stay in after leaving Brandon?

3. What did the settlers call the author's great-great-great-grandmother?

4. What did the author's uncle call her mom?

5. What does the name Nooksack mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author feel about the trip to Hawaii with Brandon's family?

2. Why was the author angry at Brandon after the miscarriage?

3. How did the author's white friends respond to the idea of her selling the land that she had inherited?

4. What was the author's property in Lummi Bay like?

5. How did the author want to decorate the nursery?

6. When the author picked Brandon up from the airport, how did their conversation go?

7. How did Richard respond to the news that the author was pregnant?

8. In the weeks after she learned that she was pregnant, what did the author do?

9. How did the author's friends from Seattle respond to visiting her new home?

10. What did the author do at Skagit River?

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