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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. When Claire sees the male Nurturer on his bicycle, what does she see that gives her hope regarding his continued involvement with her son?
(a) A diaper bag on his shoulder.
(b) A stuffed hippo attached to his bicycle basket.
(c) A child seat attached to his bicycle.
(d) A spit-up stain on his jacket.

2. What name does she believe to be her son's after she overhears the male Nurturer using it?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Matt.
(d) Abe.

3. For what purpose does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's infant son?
(a) As the result of a whim.
(b) In response to Claire's request.
(c) In hopes of making him more responsive.
(d) In response to a dream he had experienced.

4. The boat worker tells Claire that the boat on which they travel is special due to what quality?
(a) It can generate its own drinking water.
(b) Its maintenance is being subsidized by the government.
(c) It can go twice as fast as other boats.
(d) It can sail in either the river or the sea.

5. Where does Claire's son sleep when the male Nurturer takes him home at night?
(a) In the room of the male Nurturer and his wife.
(b) In the room of the male Nurturer's son.
(c) On the patio.
(d) In the bathtub.

Short Answer Questions

1. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?

2. When Claire sees the male Nurturer out on his bicycle, how many months has it been since they have seen one another?

3. What is the last fully formed memory that Claire has of her final moments in the community?

4. What label is affixed to the door that Claire finally sees Jonas enter the day she follows him?

5. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Claire declares that she hates her life, what aspects of her life does she say she despises?

2. For what reason are the Nurturers considering keeping Claire's son at the center for another year before assigning him to a parental unit?

3. What is Claire's son's comfort item and what had hers been during her childhood?

4. From what building does Claire avert her eyes on her walk from the Birthmother Dormitory to the Fish Hatchery, and why?

5. Upon finally seeing Marie on the boat, what questions arise in Claire's mind?

6. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?

7. What are the elements of Claire's plan to find Sophia, her acquaintance who has a job at the Nurturing Center where Claire's son is being held, and how does it work out?

8. What is the consequence of Claire's Task being different from those of the other Birthmothers?

9. What does Claire realize during breakfast one day when she sees the other Fish Hatchery workers cleaning up their tables and getting ready to begin work?

10. What reason does the narrator give for all of the Fish Hatchery workers being fond of the director, Dimitri?

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