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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) "Chinese Pearls."
(b) "The Lost Generation."
(c) "Chinese Flowers."
(d) Her daughter's "sisters."

2. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?
(a) Birth smugglers.
(b) Birth guerrillas.
(c) Birth vigilantes.
(d) Baby guerrillas.

3. Which of these is NOT a traditional Chinese saying disparaging daughters?
(a) "It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters."
(b) "Boys are a blessing; girls are a curse."
(c) "Girls are maggots in the rice."
(d) "When fishing for treasures in the flood, be careful not to pull in girls."

4. What does Karin bury in her yard?
(a) A carved male figure intended to bring luck in birthing a son.
(b) A soapstone Buddha.
(c) A baby bootie.
(d) A laminated Catholic prayer card.

5. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A silver Buddha.
(b) A jade star.
(c) A silver heart.
(d) A jade Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

2. Into what city do Karin and Mark fly first?

3. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?

4. How old is the child that will be Karin and Mark's daughter when they receive their referral?

5. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?

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