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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when Michael called a pediatrician who treated Adam after the Littleton hospital visit and told him about Adam seizing, the pediatrician told Michael to do what?
(a) Get Adam's fever down.
(b) Come in with Adam as soon as the weather cleared.
(c) Call Adam's regular pediatrician.
(d) Bring Adam in immediately.

2. What was the name of the dog given to Michael and Adam when welcomed home together for the first time?
(a) Dakota.
(b) Skahota.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Bear.

3. When Michael conveyed to a friend his concerns about Adam's treatment at the Littleton hospital, his friend suggested Michael take Adam where?
(a) To a specialist.
(b) Home.
(c) To a larger facility.
(d) To his friend's medical office.

4. In what month did Louise and Michael marry?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) January.

5. As described in Chapter 1, Michael was doing field work in what Indian community in Alaska when he decided he wanted to adopt a child?
(a) Tanana.
(b) Tyonek.
(c) Anchorage.
(d) Pierre.

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

7. What did Michael do according to Chapter 2 details, once he knew a social worker was coming for a home visit just before the holidays?
(a) Cooked an entire meal.
(b) Invited friends to ease his nervousness.
(c) Asked his family for advice.
(d) Lectured Adam about how to behave.

8. 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) When she got to a doctor.
(b) That night.
(c) After she went home in pain.
(d) The next day.

9. As mentioned by Michael in Chapter 4 of "The Broken Cord," what was the name of the day care founder with whom he became friends?
(a) Janet.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Annie.
(d) Nina.

10. Later when Adam's dad was killed, how much money did Adam inherit?
(a) $1,500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

11. Who did Michael have a relationship with as noted in Chapter 3 of the book, but she could not handle life with Adam and Michael?
(a) Karen.
(b) Nina.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Janet.

12. Based on details in Chapter 5 of the book, when Michael questioned the program director about why Adam's application was rejected, the director told Michael that Adam was what?
(a) Hearing impaired.
(b) Physically disabled.
(c) Visually impaired.
(d) Learning disabled.

13. After Adam was rejected admittance to a program, what was Adam's test score when Michael, as detailed in Chapter 5, later had him tested by a professional psychologist ?
(a) Mild.
(b) Borderline.
(c) Average.
(d) Profound.

14. What did Michael hire to move Adam from the Littleton hospital?
(a) An ambulance.
(b) A small plane.
(c) A medical helicopter.
(d) A private car.

15. Who conducted the study upon which the program director mentioned in Chapter 5 indicated he had based his decision on to reject Adam's admittance to a program?
(a) Medical interns.
(b) Medical staff from local hospital.
(c) Anthropology students.
(d) Psychology students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?"

4. Why was Michael's return trip from Montreal longer than when he traveled there?

5. In Chapter 1, where was the airport located in which Michael waited for a social worker to take him to his adopted child?

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