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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. Sophia tells Claire that the best time for her to come back to see her at the Nurturing Center is during what time?
(a) Indoctrination time.
(b) Play time.
(c) Nap time.
(d) Feeding time.

2. Claire and Sophia cannot go into the room housing the youngest Newchildren because what condition is not met?
(a) It is not Visiting Hour.
(b) They are not wearing sterile uniforms.
(c) They have not been trained in how to hold the youngest Newchildren.
(d) They have not been certified as disease-free.

3. What adjective does the receptionist at the Nurturing Center use to describe Sophia?
(a) Diligent.
(b) Well-behaved.
(c) Confident.
(d) Strident.

4. What reason does the male Nurturer give for not telling Claire her son's name?
(a) He says that it is too hard to pronounce.
(b) He says that he has forgotten it.
(c) He says he would get in big trouble if he told anyone.
(d) He says he does not want her to get attached.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Claire goes to the school to pick up the biology posters, what is the reason that there are no children in the school?

3. What skill does Dimitri explain is unique to humans?

4. When Claire shows up again at the Nurturing Center, what reason is she given for being turned away?

5. What is a behavior that Claire's son does NOT display during naptime at the Nurturing Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How do the Nurturers respond to Claire's query asking if it would be alright if she visited the Nurturing Center again?

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

5. Why is Claire so terrified when she is first told that she has been decertified as a Vessel?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. What does one of the Vessels report it had felt like to cease taking the pills when she had been assigned the role of Birthmother?

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