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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha begin to experience when John is away on another business trip?
(a) Bleeding.
(b) Contractions.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Pain.

2. Martha finds out that _______ knows all there is to know about children with birth defects.
(a) Deirdre.
(b) John.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Anna.

3. Where does Martha stop along the way to her visit with the nurse practitioner?
(a) Harvard Coop.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) The coffee shop.
(d) The cafe.

4. Why does Martha wake up in the middle of the night, before she and John decide to talk?
(a) She is in pain.
(b) She is bleeding.
(c) She is crying.
(d) She wants a snack.

5. Who decides not to back down from the position of having the baby, besides Martha?
(a) No one.
(b) The nurse practitioner.
(c) Martha's parents.
(d) John.

6. What was Martha bleeding from, according to her account in the story?
(a) Partial abruption of the fallopian tubes.
(b) Partial abruption of the placenta.
(c) Partial cervical collapse.
(d) Abruption of the ovaries.

7. What do John and Martha share with each other when they are talking? ___________ that happened during the pregnancy.
(a) Odd experiences.
(b) Upsets.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Names.

8. What does Martha see floating before her while she feels cradled in the arms of someone who makes her feel completely at peace?
(a) Feet.
(b) Hands.
(c) Hair.
(d) Eyes.

9. Martha began to be frightened about what would happen if Adam were born ________.
(a) Normal.
(b) Too late.
(c) With Down Syndrome.
(d) Prematurely.

10. Where did Martha decide to take Adam, in response to the information she got from her dream?
(a) California.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

11. Who was having troubles accepting Adam's diagnosis at first, though this person decides to support it?
(a) Martha's cousin.
(b) Martha's sister.
(c) Martha's father.
(d) Martha's mother.

12. John and Martha begin to fight over their ________ for their child, according to the story.
(a) Stories.
(b) Expectations.
(c) Names.
(d) Needs.

13. Who does Martha pray to when she is having her medical crisis? Bunraku _____________.
(a) Puppeteers.
(b) Gods.
(c) Nurses.
(d) Goddesses.

14. How might the people who want Martha and John to not have their baby be described?
(a) Unintelligent.
(b) Boring.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Absent.

15. What is the name of Martha's cousin who takes her out one afternoon?
(a) Katie.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Julie.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adam NOT have immediately after birth, according to the story?

2. What does Martha find when she stops in the place, mentioned in #110, according to her account in the story?

3. What does Martha buy for Adam when she is shopping at the Harvard Coop?

4. _________ begins to read all they can on Down Syndrome, even though they find it all dark and depressing.

5. What does the doctor give to Martha when she is in the hospital? Reasons she should not ____________.

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