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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Louise and Michael's second birth child?
2. What was the name of Adam's first grade teacher?
3. Where did Michael go to interview a woman named Brenda?
4. What was the name of Michael's third adopted child?
5. Who did Michael interview that told Michael children with FAS, living on reservations did not long for a "better life" because they were loved and happy, and only knew reservation life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Michael hear when he tuned into the radio in the car he rented at the Rapid City airport in Chapter 10?
2. What did Adam's transfer to Hartford High school in Vermont mean to him and the family?
3. What did Ken Kramberg inform Louise and Michael they could expect from Adam's participation in his vocational education program?
4. Why did Michael get angry and with whom during his interview with Charlotte Braveheart?
5. What did Michael see and learn during a reservation visit he recounted in Chapter 9 of "The Broken Cord?"
6. Why did some of Jeaneen Gray Eagle's colleagues refer to her as "chicken little" in reference to FAS?
7. What did Jeaneen Gray Eagle convey to Michael about her feelings on child abuse regarding alcohol use among pregnant mothers?
8. How did Jeaneen Gray Eagle feel about jailing pregnant women who drank and what information did she reveal about family support in this matter?
9. What health crisis made Michael realize Adam needed two parents?
10. What did Michael name his second adopted child and where did the name come from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the many ways Michael and Louise worked to help Adam be as self-sufficient as possible; discussing challenges, successes, and setbacks.
Essay Topic 2
Both of Adam's birth parents abused alcohol. What role/influence did Adam's birth parents play/have in Adam's life from birth to adulthood, even as Michael became Adam's adopted father? Include significant moments, including before Adam was born; when Michael found out details about them from social workers; when Adam's birth father died; when Adam turned 21.
Essay Topic 3
Michael noted that Adam was good-natured, loving and open to people most of the time. How did these traits help/hinder Adam's development -- emotionally, physically, socially, academically, etc.?
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