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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. Who was the only person Cindy told about her second pregnancy?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Dan.

2. What does Nicole say fueled her long correspondence with Cindy?
(a) Catching up on three decades of memories.
(b) Anticipating what Abigail’s life would be like.
(c) Venting about their parents’ wrongdoings.
(d) Describing their temperaments to each other.

3. What was Nicole’s father’s response, when Cindy asked if she had a sister he had not told her about?
(a) He prevaricated.
(b) He denied it.
(c) He could not remember.
(d) He confessed it.

4. What did Cindy thank Nicole for on the second morning of their visit?
(a) Not remaining a secret.
(b) Contacting their mother.
(c) Contacting their father.
(d) Making their mother apologize.

5. What was Nicole afraid her sisters might think about her?
(a) That she wanted retribution.
(b) That she was lying to them.
(c) That she was manipulating them.
(d) That the adoption was her fault.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nicole’s father tell her she resembled in the family?

2. Why did Nicole tell Abigail that she did not miss her mother?

3. What assurance did Nicole’s mother give her, after Nicole found out that her birth mother was abusive?

4. What did Cindy say she was nervous about, when she got pregnant?

5. Who broke the ice when Nicole’s father came to visit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nicole characterize her role as an adoptee in contemporary America?

3. What did Cindy say made her apprehensive about getting pregnant?

4. How does giving birth change Nicole’s view of her own birth?

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

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

7. How do the routines of new parenthood change Nicole’s view of her own early months?

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

9. How does Nicole characterize her relationship with the newborn baby?

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

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