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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 name of the male Nurturer's son?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Paul.
(d) Stan.

2. Why are the Vessels given blindfolds as they go into labor?
(a) So they can meditate throughout the birth.
(b) So they will not see the faces of the midwives.
(c) So they do not see their Products.
(d) So they will not see their own anatomy.

3. How many months after his birth does Claire teach her son to say her name aloud?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

4. Claire's older brother had been selected to work in what department within the community?
(a) The Department of Transportation.
(b) The Department of Law and Justice.
(c) The Department of Finance.
(d) The Department of Labor.

5. When a Newchild is showing signs of being ineligible for assignment, it is called a failure to do what?
(a) To thrive.
(b) To live.
(c) To succeed.
(d) To pass muster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an attempt to make the family's least favorite meal sound more appealing, what does Claire's mother say every time it arrives?

2. What skill does Claire tell the boat worker that the members of her community are required to learn at the age of five?

3. How is the right time determined for when each child in the community will begin to take pills?

4. What reason does Claire give for her son's lack of distress upon her departure?

5. The normal procedure for a Birthmother is to take the pills for how many months before getting ready to produce her second Product?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jeanette, one of the Fish Hatchery workers, feel surprise when the name Paul is given to one of the Newchildren at the Ceremony?

3. How does Claire feel about her work at the Fish Hatchery?

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

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

6. Recognizing that she cannot ask for Sophia outright at the Nurturing Center, what does Claire say to the receptionist when she arrives?

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

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

9. What reason does Sophia provide for parental units wanting to receive their assigned children once they are a little older, rather than when they are infants?

10. What criterion does Claire give regarding how the Fish Hatchery had been chosen as her workplace and how does the criterion differ from others who work at the Fish Hatchery alongside her?

(see the answer keys)

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