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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. While on the trip for the naming ceremony, Michael described what he saw as signs of poverty where?
2. What was the name of the dog given to Michael and Adam when welcomed home together for the first time?
3. 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?
4. On the way to the naming ceremony, what did Adam get tangled in his hair?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Adam notice about Adam's functionality in relation to other children with FAS as mentioned in Chapters 4 through 6 of "The Broken Cord?"
2. How did Adam's presence in Michael's life bring discrimination to Michael's door?
3. How did Michael find out about Adam's birth parents and why did he not want to know about them when he adopted Adam?
4. What did Michael learn about Adam's birth parents and siblings?
5. How did Adam end up at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital and why?
6. What happened when Michael took Adam for testing by a professional psychologist in Chapter 5 of "The Broken Cord?"
7. In the Foreword, what did Louise describe as the most "damaging aspect" of fetal alcohol syndrome and why?
8. Why was Adam's application rejected for the program in Norwich, VA?
9. What happened when Michael contacted the doctors from the two hospitals for help with Adam when he seized after a snow day, as detailed in Chapter 3 of the book?
10. In Chapter 6 of "The Broken Cord" what happened with Michael and a girlfriend that drank heavily one night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Michael had his wife write the Foreword to "The Broken Cord" and his son, Adam write the last chapter. Discuss Michael's reasoning for doing this and examine how effective and/or ineffective it was for these these additional perspectives to be placed before the reader.
Essay Topic 2
After Michael adopted Sava at the age of two, Michael had something to compare Adam's early years to. How did having Sava at an early age enlighten Michael to the many areas in which Adam lagged, and what were the things that Sava accomplished at these early stages that Michael now realized Adam never did?
Essay Topic 3
Besides health challenges, Adam had behavioral issues as well. Explain some of the Adam's more significant behavioral issues and how they impacted his relationships with his family -- Michael, Louise and his siblings; as well as work and school relationships with coworkers, teachers, and students.
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