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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. What information does Claire's nametag contain besides her name?
(a) Her age.
(b) Her status as a former Birthmother.
(c) The words Hatchery Assistant.
(d) Her blood type.

2. The male Nurturer teaches Claire's son to respond in what way whenever Claire says bye-bye?
(a) He teaches him to wave.
(b) He teaches him to say bye-bye.
(c) He teaches him to flap his arms.
(d) He teaches him to whistle.

3. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?
(a) At the local farm.
(b) At the library.
(c) At the Childcare Center.
(d) At the high school.

4. When Claire sees the male Nurturer out on his bicycle, how many months has it been since they have seen one another?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. What does the male Nurturer tell Claire would happen if he were to apply for a variance to try to adopt Claire's son?
(a) His wife would apply for an annulment.
(b) He would have to create a law allowing such a variance.
(c) He would be exiled from the community.
(d) He would have to add another room to his dwelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claire finds herself trying to analyze her own feelings for the very first time, what adjective does she use to describe the one emotion she has always felt?

2. When Jeanette mentions that everyone liked her father, she says he had been quiet, but what?

3. What adjective does the receptionist at the Nurturing Center use to describe Sophia?

4. In an attempt to make the family's least favorite meal sound more appealing, what does Claire's mother say every time it arrives?

5. Dimitri tells the Fish Hatchery workers that a healthy diet does not include what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the elements of Claire's plan to find Sophia, her acquaintance who has a job at the Nurturing Center where Claire's son is being held, and how does it work out?

2. How is the boat's cook Marie described by the narrator?

3. What reason does the narrator give for all of the Fish Hatchery workers being fond of the director, Dimitri?

4. What is the consequence of Claire's Task being different from those of the other Birthmothers?

5. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?

6. When Claire declares that she hates her life, what aspects of her life does she say she despises?

7. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?

8. Recognizing that she cannot ask for Sophia outright at the Nurturing Center, what does Claire say to the receptionist when she arrives?

9. From what building does Claire avert her eyes on her walk from the Birthmother Dormitory to the Fish Hatchery, and why?

10. Why is Claire so terrified when she is first told that she has been decertified as a Vessel?

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