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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1996.

2. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Mulberry wasps.
(b) Boll worm babies.
(c) Children of the mulberry bug.
(d) Children of the wasps.

3. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?
(a) An electric fan.
(b) A makeshift crib.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A changing table.

4. What is the meaning of "Xiao," the first part of all the little girls' names?
(a) River.
(b) Jade.
(c) Education.
(d) Little.

5. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?
(a) Anthropologists.
(b) Her child's birth mother.
(c) Demographers.
(d) Chinese citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?

2. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?

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

4. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?

5. What book does Karin mention is one of her favorites?

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