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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. 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) A week.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

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

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

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?
(a) The receptionist.
(b) The medical assistant.
(c) The other pyschologist.
(d) The head nurse.

5. As mentioned by Michael in Chapter 3 of "The Broken Cord," who told Michael he and his staff were doing all they could to figure out why Adam was seizing, after Adam's time in the hospital in Littleton?
(a) Adam's regular pediatrician.
(b) Michael's doctor friend.
(c) The doctor at the hospital in Littleton.
(d) The pediatrician at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described in Chapter 1, Michael was doing field work in what Indian community in Alaska when he decided he wanted to adopt a child?

2. How old was Adam's birth mother when she died?

3. After Adam was rejected admittance to a program, what was Adam's test score when Michael, as detailed in Chapter 5, later had him tested by a professional psychologist ?

4. What was Louise's occupation when she wrote the Foreword to "The Broken Cord?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Michael become concerned about Adam's treatment at the Littleton hospital after speaking with Adam's doctor?

2. How did Michael's dream the night before the naming ceremony end up being connected with the ceremony?

3. 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?"

4. What advice did a nurse at the hospital in Littleton give when she found out Michael was in the process of adopting Adam?

5. How did Adam end up at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and why?

6. Why was Adam's application rejected for the program in Norwich, VA?

7. What happened when Michael took Adam for testing by a professional psychologist in Chapter 5 of "The Broken Cord?"

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

9. After Adam's initial health issues, what did Michael note in Chapter 3 of "The Broken Cord" about Adam's recovery over a period of time?

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

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