Read “The Alternate History of Susan Chung” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Reason Why does the author decide to search for her birthparents? Why did her birthparents give her up for adoption?
2. Detail What did the doctors tell the author’s birthparents about their daughter? Was their prediction correct?
3. Detail How does Callahan react when she hears her birth name?
4. Vocabulary Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading: intermediary (para. 4), speculation (6), scoffed (8), culled (8).