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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Michael was contacted about adopting Adam, besides being in poor health and small for his age, Adam was also reported to be what?
(a) Partially deaf.
(b) Partially blind.
(c) Not potty trained.
(d) Mute.

2. According to Chapter 6 details an article indicated that men of what tribe suffered few repercussions for excessive drinking while all the women were ostracized?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Cree.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Navajo.

3. Michael described in Chapter 3 how he called the doctor in Littleton for help when Adam seized while they were snowed in and the doctor told him what?
(a) Call the place he had Adam moved to.
(b) Get his fever down.
(c) He didn't have time for the call.
(d) Bring Adam in as soon as the weather cleared.

4. The night before the naming ceremony Michael dreamed about what?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Large bears.
(d) Huge birds.

5. How did Michael get to Montreal?
(a) He drove.
(b) He flew.
(c) He took boat.
(d) He rode a train.

6. What did Michael's Indian name mean?
(a) Fly with the Eagle.
(b) Eagle Wing.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Black Bear.

7. How many blood siblings did Michael mention that Adam had?
(a) 3.
(b) None.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

8. What Indian name was Michael given during the naming ceremony?
(a) Can Ra.
(b) Chetan.
(c) Wamkbli.
(d) Nizhoni.

9. When Adam and a girlfriend drank heavily, according to Michael's recounting in Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord," when did they realize she had a broken bone?
(a) After she went home in pain.
(b) The next day.
(c) When she got to a doctor.
(d) That night.

10. In Chapters 4 through 6 who saw Adam's picture and told Michael that Adam reminded them of someone back home?
(a) His colleagues.
(b) Some of his family.
(c) His students.
(d) His friends.

11. On the way to the naming ceremony, what did Adam get tangled in his hair?
(a) Stickers.
(b) Candy.
(c) A comb.
(d) Gum.

12. In Chapter 1, where was the airport located in which Michael waited for a social worker to take him to his adopted child?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Tyonek.
(c) Anchorage.
(d) New Zealand.

13. In the Foreword how long did Louise note that Michael worked on the book "The Broken Cord?"
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six years.

14. As mentioned by Michael in Chapter 3 of "The Broken Cord," who told Michael he and his staff were doing all they could to figure out why Adam was seizing, after Adam's time in the hospital in Littleton?
(a) The doctor at the hospital in Littleton.
(b) The pediatrician at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
(c) Adam's regular pediatrician.
(d) Michael's doctor friend.

15. When Michael did field work in Alaska, as mentioned in Chapter 1, he was near a community off the coast of what Island?
(a) Nuka.
(b) Cook.
(c) Grindall.
(d) Endicott.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Michael had Adam tested by a professional psychologist he later doubted her diagnosis when she commented on Adam's behavior regarding which staff person?

2. Michael mentioned in Chapter 3 that he was offered a teaching job where?

3. In Chapter 2 of "The Broken Cord" Michael described how he took Adam to the hospital in Littleton because of what?

4. To what U.S. state did Michael move, in order to become a faculty member at a small university as detailed in Chapter 1 of "The Broken Cord?"

5. According to details in Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord" where did Adam's birth mother like to hang out?

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