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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. Where did Adam work part time once the family relocated to accommodate Michael's FAS research work?

2. Michael named his second child for someone he knew that was what type of worker?

3. Dr. May believed the FAS problem was serious but he also believed that his colleague Jeaneen Gray Eagle's figures about the problem were what?

4. What did Michael name his second adopted child?

5. Dr. May was what type of professional?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Michael's impulse decision to take a cross country trip back with the kids once back in the States turn out?

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

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

6. Who was Alice Hendrick?

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

8. Why did Michael get angry and with whom during his interview with Charlotte Braveheart?

9. What did Michael see and learn during a reservation visit he recounted in Chapter 9 of "The Broken Cord?"

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

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

Michael attended a variety of conferences and conventions with alcohol researchers, experts, etc. Examine the benefits and drawbacks of these venues and participant interactions in connection with Michael's project as well as in connection with his role as the parent of a child with FAS.

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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