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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is China's second sage?
(a) Mencius.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Kublai Khan.
(d) Confucius.

2. What is the estimated cost of adopting a child from China?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $5,000.

3. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Mencius.
(c) Jiang Zemin.
(d) Mao Zedong.

4. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?
(a) Chichi.
(b) Maddy.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Annie.

5. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) Her footprint.
(b) A photograph.
(c) She is handed to them.
(d) They see her through a window.

6. What is the meaning of the surname "Jiang," given to the babies at Kelly's orphanage?
(a) Light.
(b) Little.
(c) Education.
(d) River.

7. In what year does the Law on Protection of Rights and Interests of Women go into effect?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1980.

8. What is the title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?
(a) "The Dying Rooms."
(b) "Growing Up Orphans."
(c) "Abandoned and Unloved."
(d) "China's Lost Children."

9. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?
(a) 350.
(b) 125.
(c) 500.
(d) 75.

10. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?
(a) Mulan.
(b) Mumu.
(c) Famu.
(d) Lanxi.

11. Who is it that parents photograph at one orphanage where they are the first people to pick up the babies?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) The cook.
(c) The groundskeeper.
(d) The doorkeeper.

12. How many wars of foreign aggression has China endured in the past 300 years?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

13. Who are "pleaders"?
(a) Men who wanted multiple children to work the land.
(b) Women who wanted more than one child.
(c) Women who begged to keep their children.
(d) Men who were desperate for a son.

14. What practice does Karin take up to help her de-stress?
(a) Pilates.
(b) Tai chi.
(c) Qigong.
(d) Yoga.

15. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) A bag of rice.
(b) A stuffed panda bear.
(c) A yam.
(d) String bracelets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual circumstances involving Chinese adoption exists in one Southern family?

2. When does the Chinese government's strict population-control policy go into effect?

3. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?

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

5. Which of these is NOT an interpretation of Kelly's given Chinese name?

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