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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. When did Nicole reach full term on her pregnancy?
(a) A week after receiving Cindy’s letter.
(b) A week after her father’s first call.
(c) A week after her mother’s first call.
(d) A week after receiving Jessica’s first letter.

2. What did Nicole say about her mother’s wrongdoings?
(a) They were the product of illness.
(b) They recycled other, earlier wrongdoings.
(c) They had nothing to do with her.
(d) They were the result of abuse.

3. Why does Nicole say that traits that did not make sense to her parents would make sense to her father?
(a) He was an orphan.
(b) He is a scholar.
(c) He was an refugee.
(d) He was a soldier.

4. How long did it take Cindy to request a date to visit, after Nicole invited her?
(a) A few days.
(b) A week.
(c) A day.
(d) Hours.

5. What had just happened when Nicole’s mother called after the baby was born?
(a) Abigail had just started screaming.
(b) Dan had just left Abigail alone with Nicole.
(c) Abigail had thrown up on her.
(d) Nicole had just fallen asleep after days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise did Nicole make to her children about her history?

2. What did Nicole fret about, in terms of a visit with Cindy?

3. Whose books did Nicole’s father present to Nicole and Cindy?

4. What did Rick tell Nicole was a family trait Cindy, Nicole and their father had in common?

5. Who brought Cindy and her father together, to talk about Nicole’s adoption?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Nicole’s mother’s reaction to Nicole’s new information about her birth family?

2. Where does Nicole say the real lessons came from, in her experience of searching for her birth parents?

3. How does the relationship between Grace and Abigail reflect Nicole’s relationship with Cindy back to her?

4. What was the source of the anxiety Nicole felt in advance of meeting her birth father?

5. How does Nicole get Cindy to discuss the hard things she had originally wanted to avoid talking about?

6. What does Nicole’s sister Jessica say she and her sister Cindy had been told about the baby who was given away?

7. What did Nicole learn about her father’s temperament during the visit?

8. What did Nicole tell her daughter Abigail when Abby started to ask questions about adoption?

9. How does Nicole characterize the company in which she feels at home?

10. What information does Nicole get from Cindy’s photographs?

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