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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 task does Marie perform on the boat?
(a) Captain.
(b) Deckhand.
(c) Cook.
(d) Maid.

2. How is the right time determined for when each child in the community will begin to take pills?
(a) Children start taking pills once a doctor confirms they have entered puberty.
(b) Children are given a questionnaire that determines the day when they start to take pills.
(c) Parents observe their children and decide when the time has come.
(d) Parents apply to a committee and are provided with a date for pills to be started.

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

4. How many Newchildren are allowed to be born each year within the community?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

5. 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 spit-up stain on his jacket.
(d) A child seat attached to his bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the male Nurturer say is still plaguing Claire's son, endangering the possibility of his being assigned to a parental unit?

2. Claire's older brother had been selected to work in what department within the community?

3. Once the maximum number of Newchildren is reached for the year, there are no more born until after what event?

4. What happens when Claire visits the Nurturing Center for the last time and reaches for her son as he is playing on the floor?

5. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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. How is the boat's cook Marie described by the narrator?

9. How does Claire feel about the river that borders the community?

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

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