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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through East-West Lives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?
(a) "Son preference."
(b) "Boy preference."
(c) "Daughter disappointment."
(d) "Chosen boys."

2. Which of these is a song Karin and Mark sing to Kelly in the hotel room?
(a) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
(b) "Bye Bye Blackbird."
(c) "Home on the Range."
(d) "Itsy-Bitsy Spider."

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. Of what TV show does Mark say the "soy or milk" formula debate reminds him?
(a) "The Partridge Family."
(b) "Leave It to Beaver."
(c) "Little Rascals."
(d) "The Brady Bunch."

5. With whom does Amy DeNucci travel to adopt Chinese babies?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her sons.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?

2. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?

3. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?

4. In what year does China change to a "one son or two child policy"?

5. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?

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