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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. 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?
(a) He didn't have time for the call.
(b) Call the place he had Adam moved to.
(c) Get his fever down.
(d) Bring Adam in as soon as the weather cleared.

2. Once back home from Adam's time in the hospital in Littleton, how much time went by before Michael had to contact the doctor about Adam's health?
(a) A few days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) A week.

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 did Michael have a relationship with as noted in Chapter 3 of the book, but she could not handle life with Adam and Michael?
(a) Karen.
(b) Janet.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Nina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Michael did field work in Alaska, as mentioned in Chapter 1, he was near a community off the coast of what Island?

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?

3. How many blood siblings did Michael mention that Adam had?

4. The night before the naming ceremony Michael dreamed about what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened with Adam's hair on the trip for the naming ceremony?

2. By adopting Adam, what did Michael believe about Adam's quality of life compared to not adopting him, as noted in details provided in Chapter 4 through 6 of the book?

3. In the Foreword, what did Louise describe as the most "damaging aspect" of fetal alcohol syndrome and why?

4. What did Adam notice about Adam's functionality in relation to other children with FAS as mentioned in Chapters 4 through 6 of "The Broken Cord?"

5. What did Michael learn about Adam's birth parents and siblings?

6. What did the social worker tell Michael about Adam when Michael was contacted about Adam's adoption availability?

7. How did Michael feel about a home visit and what did he do in preparation, according to details in Chapter 2 of the book?

8. How old was Michael and where was he living when he decided he wanted to have a child of his own?

9. What was Louise's position on alcohol rehabilitation programs?

10. How did Adam's presence in Michael's life bring discrimination to Michael's door?

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