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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Matters of Life and Death.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?
(a) England.
(b) In the United States.
(c) Guanzhou.
(d) Hong Kong.
2. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Ashes.
(c) A blanket.
(d) The midwife's hand.
3. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) She is handed to them.
(b) They see her through a window.
(c) Her footprint.
(d) A photograph.
4. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?
(a) The placenta.
(b) An offering to the gods.
(c) The umbilical cord.
(d) A lock of hair.
5. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) Distant relatives.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A friend's family.
Short Answer Questions
1. What award does "The Dying Rooms" win?
2. What is the estimated cost of adopting a child from China?
3. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?
4. What is the title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?
5. How many people are estimated to have died during the disaster that occurred in the late 1950s?
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