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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John's dissertation advisor say that John will never get because he allowed Martha to have the baby?
(a) PhD.
(b) A new teaching position.
(c) Funding.
(d) A good grade.

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

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

4. What is Martha struggling with since now everyone knows about her pregnancy and about Adam?
(a) Her computer.
(b) Classes.
(c) Social events.
(d) Bills.

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

6. What were the people in the room examining Adam for, according to her account in the story?
(a) Number of fingers and toes.
(b) Life threatening conditions.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Extra parts.

7. What does Martha feel touch her when she recalls asking someone to help her save her baby?
(a) A pair of lips.
(b) A breast.
(c) A hand.
(d) A mouth.

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

9. The fact that Martha and John are still ________ candidates during the pregnancy causes them a lot of stress.
(a) PhD.
(b) Master's.
(c) Political.
(d) Philosophy.

10. What is the final pronunciation of Adam's medical status, according to Martha's description?
(a) Needs life support.
(b) Needs more pain killers.
(c) Healthy.
(d) Needs more time in the womb.

11. During this time, John thinks about not returning to ________ as he is tired from all that is happening.
(a) Asia.
(b) Boston.
(c) Harvard.
(d) MIT.

12. What does the touch on Martha cause to happen, according to her account in the story?
(a) A headache to stop.
(b) The bleeding to stop.
(c) The bleeding to get worse.
(d) A headache to begin.

13. Who does Martha make the promise that she will come into the hospital as soon as possible?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Anna.
(d) John.

14. What does Martha find that John has hidden in one of the drawers where she was going to hide the gift for Adam?
(a) Book.
(b) Sweat suit.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Picture frame.

15. Who does Martha decide to meet with immediately, according to her account in the story?
(a) John.
(b) Judy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Martha and John arrive at the start of this chapter of the book?

2. What is the experience that Martha have in the beginning of her labor?

3. What does Martha decide to order from the grocery delivery?

4. What does John feel when he talks to his adviser about the progress of his dissertation?

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

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