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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Michael get to Montreal?
(a) He took boat.
(b) He flew.
(c) He rode a train.
(d) He drove.

2. Who conducted the study upon which the program director mentioned in Chapter 5 indicated he had based his decision on to reject Adam's admittance to a program?
(a) Psychology students.
(b) Anthropology students.
(c) Medical staff from local hospital.
(d) Medical interns.

3. Based on details in Chapter 5 of the book, when Michael questioned the program director about why Adam's application was rejected, the director told Michael that Adam was what?
(a) Hearing impaired.
(b) Visually impaired.
(c) Learning disabled.
(d) Physically disabled.

4. Who invited Michael and Adam to a naming ceremony?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Annie.
(d) Louise.

5. In Chapters 4 through 6 who saw Adam's picture and told Michael that Adam reminded them of someone back home?
(a) His friends.
(b) His students.
(c) His colleagues.
(d) Some of his family.

6. What did Michael do according to Chapter 2 details, once he knew a social worker was coming for a home visit just before the holidays?
(a) Asked his family for advice.
(b) Invited friends to ease his nervousness.
(c) Cooked an entire meal.
(d) Lectured Adam about how to behave.

7. How old was Adam's birth mother when she died?
(a) 33.
(b) 42.
(c) 29.
(d) 35.

8. When Adam and a girlfriend drank heavily, according to Michael's recounting in Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord," when did they realize she had a broken bone?
(a) When she got to a doctor.
(b) The next day.
(c) After she went home in pain.
(d) That night.

9. In Chapter 1, where was the airport located in which Michael waited for a social worker to take him to his adopted child?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Anchorage.
(c) Tyonek.
(d) New Zealand.

10. What was Louise's occupation when she wrote the Foreword to "The Broken Cord?"
(a) Journalist.
(b) Non-fiction writer.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Fiction writer.

11. What was Michael given during the naming ceremony?
(a) A ceremonial knife.
(b) A tomahawk.
(c) A headdress.
(d) A pipe.

12. On the way to the naming ceremony, what did Adam get tangled in his hair?
(a) A comb.
(b) Candy.
(c) Gum.
(d) Stickers.

13. In Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord" who did Michael overhear talking about Adam's birth parents?
(a) Adam.
(b) Social workers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Nurses.

14. What was the only organization that responded to Michael's initial adoption inquiries for his first child?
(a) Children and Family Services of Alaska.
(b) Catholic Community Services of Alaska.
(c) Feeding and Helping Children, USA.
(d) Catholic Social Services of Alaska.

15. What did Adam's birth mother die of?
(a) Alcohol poisoning.
(b) Failed kidneys.
(c) Liver disease.
(d) Drug overdose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 of "The Broken Cord" Michael described how he took Adam to the hospital in Littleton because of what?

2. Michael described in Chapter 3 how he called the doctor in Littleton for help when Adam seized while they were snowed in and the doctor told him what?

3. In what month did Louise and Michael marry?

4. After Michael had Adam tested by a professional psychologist he later doubted her diagnosis when she commented on Adam's behavior regarding which staff person?

5. What did Adam say when he first greeted Michael as his new parent?

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