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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did Louise and Michael marry?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

3. When was the study conducted about excessive drinking among Native Americans, as referred to in Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord"?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

4. Where did Michael stay when he waited to hear Adam's condition once Adam was moved from the Littleton hospital?
(a) His car.
(b) The waiting room.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A friend's home.

5. In Chapter 3, when Michael called a pediatrician who treated Adam after the Littleton hospital visit and told him about Adam seizing, the pediatrician told Michael to do what?
(a) Bring Adam in immediately.
(b) Call Adam's regular pediatrician.
(c) Come in with Adam as soon as the weather cleared.
(d) Get Adam's fever down.

6. To what U.S. state did Michael move, in order to become a faculty member at a small university as detailed in Chapter 1 of "The Broken Cord?"
(a) Arizona.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) South Dakota.

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

8. 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.

9. According to Chapter 6 details an article indicated that men of what tribe suffered few repercussions for excessive drinking while all the women were ostracized?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Cree.
(c) Navajo.
(d) Sioux.

10. In Chapter 6 when Michael mentioned Adam's birth father, Michael noted that the father was where?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In jail.
(c) In prison.
(d) In rehab.

11. The night before the naming ceremony Michael dreamed about what?
(a) Large bears.
(b) Fish.
(c) Huge birds.
(d) Dogs.

12. In Michael's dream before the naming ceremony, up against what did the animals hit?
(a) His windshield.
(b) The hotel window.
(c) His chest.
(d) The hotel door.

13. Later when Adam's dad was killed, how much money did Adam inherit?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $75.
(c) $50.
(d) $5,000.

14. Michael mentioned in Chapter 3 that he was offered a teaching job where?
(a) Enfield, NH.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Quebec, Canada.
(d) Tucson, AZ.

15. In Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord" Michael recounted a story about drinking heavily with a girlfriend and neither of them realizing she had broken a bone in what part of her body?
(a) Finger.
(b) Leg.
(c) Foot.
(d) Arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the woman in charge of the naming ceremony in which Michael and Adam participated?

2. 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?

3. As mentioned by Michael in Chapter 4 of "The Broken Cord," what was the name of the day care founder with whom he became friends?

4. While on the trip for the naming ceremony, Michael described what he saw as signs of poverty where?

5. What birthday did Michael mention Adam celebrated in Chapter 2 of the book?

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