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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 Adam's first grade teacher?

2. According to Charlotte, children with FAS always wound up adopted or where?

3. In her interview with Michael, Jeaneen Gray Eagle noted that many women had problems with what type of thinking?

4. According to Charlotte people were genuinely what when they learned someone had died because of alcohol?

5. At Adam's part time job in Chapter 11, he picked up trash and refilled what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dr. Phil May?

2. How did Jeaneen Gray Eagle feel about jailing pregnant women who drank and what information did she reveal about family support in this matter?

3. What did Ken Kramberg inform Louise and Michael they could expect from Adam's participation in his vocational education program?

4. What did Michael want when he inquired about adopting a third child?

5. Who was Alice Hendrick?

6. Why did Charlotte Braveheart say people were generally surprised to learn that people died because of alcohol?

7. Who was Madeline?

8. What did Adam's transfer to Hartford High school in Vermont mean to him and the family?

9. What did Jeaneen Gray Eagle convey to Michael about her feelings on child abuse regarding alcohol use among pregnant mothers?

10. How did the kids respond when Michael told them that he and Louise were getting married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Michael detailed the economic impact of alcoholism in the last chapters of the book in connection with children with FAS who grow into adulthood. Louise described in the Foreword the economic responsibility she felt liquor businesses had to help rehabilitate alcoholics. What were the specifics of each argument in relation to fetal alcohol syndrome/effect, parental responsibility, economic impact for non productive citizens, etc; and what made each argument effective, ineffective?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the many ways Michael and Louise worked to help Adam be as self-sufficient as possible; discussing challenges, successes, and setbacks.

Essay Topic 3

Michael did not initially identify Adam's growing health problems and other challenges with FAS. Explain how Michael began to became aware of FAS as the possible cause of Adam's challenges and how this awareness developed, was confirmed and became a significant part of his life's work

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