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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. How many kids with FAS had been identified by the governor appointed task force by the time Michael interviewed Brenda?

2. Educating women about what was considered too abstract to be effective in connection with preventing alcohol abuse among pregnant women?

3. In Chapter 9 of "The Broken Cord" Michael described the constant conflict on a college campus over the school's what?

4. How old was Sava when Michael told the kids he was marrying Louise?

5. What was the name of Michael's third adopted child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Michael learn when he interviewed Brenda?

2. Who was Alice Hendrick?

3. What did Michael hear when he tuned into the radio in the car he rented at the Rapid City airport in Chapter 10?

4. What did Jeaneen Gray Eagle believe made FAS even more terrible?

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

6. Why and how did Michael help Adam understand that Adam's life story would be out there for anyone to read?

7. What happened to Michael after six years of teaching at Dartmouth?

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

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

10. What happened when Michael and the kids attended the pow-wow and reunion at Dartmouth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Michael adopted Sava at the age of two, Michael had something to compare Adam's early years to. How did having Sava at an early age enlighten Michael to the many areas in which Adam lagged, and what were the things that Sava accomplished at these early stages that Michael now realized Adam never did?

Essay Topic 2

Michael had his wife write the Foreword to "The Broken Cord" and his son, Adam write the last chapter. Discuss Michael's reasoning for doing this and examine how effective and/or ineffective it was for these these additional perspectives to be placed before the reader.

Essay Topic 3

At one point Michael realized Adam would be better served with two parents. At another point Michael took a job in another country because its policies supported special education. Michael consistently went out of his way and took the extra lengths to ensure the best for each of his adopted kids. Discuss this behavior, its implications, and specific instances of such and the surrounding circumstances.

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