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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country are 2500 children adopted in China after World War II?
(a) Japan.
(b) Thailand.
(c) China.
(d) Vietnam.

2. What is the literal translation of "shaying tang"?
(a) "State-run orphanage."
(b) "Hospital for children."
(c) "Hospice for killing infants."
(d) "Home for Little Ones."

3. Which of these things is NOT an identifying characteristic of Americans mentioned by May Wong?
(a) Personal carriage.
(b) Backpacks.
(c) Hairstyle.
(d) Glasses.

4. In what type of church is the tiger-costume event held?
(a) Episcopal.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Lutheran.

5. At what internationally famous restaurant does the group of adopting parents eat after getting the babies?
(a) Kentucky Fried Chicken.
(b) House of Blues.
(c) Hard Rock Cafe.
(d) McDonald's.

6. Where does May Wong grow up?
(a) Northern California.
(b) Chicago.
(c) China.
(d) New York City.

7. With what does Kelly seem particularly fascinated?
(a) Horses.
(b) Traffic lights.
(c) The television.
(d) Motorcycles.

8. What does Kelly call motorcycles?
(a) "Rooms."
(b) "Zooms."
(c) "Mooms."
(d) "Mycles."

9. What is Kelly's one Cantonese word?
(a) "baiji."
(b) "xiao."
(c) "yu."
(d) "aii-ya!"

10. Which of these is NOT part of the new playground built at the orphanage where Kelly lived?
(a) A slide.
(b) Swings.
(c) A sandbox.
(d) A Mickey Mouse ride.

11. What does Kelly dress up as for her second Halloween?
(a) A witch.
(b) A flower.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A princess.

12. Who is "Da Niao"?
(a) Big Bird.
(b) Hannah Montana.
(c) Dora the Explorer.
(d) Mickey Mouse.

13. Who writes that "A child's chromosomes are an irretrievably scrambled mishmash of its grandparents' chromosomes and so on..."?
(a) Richard Dawkins.
(b) Jill Ker Conway.
(c) Kahlil Gibran.
(d) Alex Haley.

14. What is given to all the girls at Ming Quong on Mother's Day?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A doll.
(c) A rose.
(d) A book.

15. What does Evans cite as all children's worst enemy?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Disease.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelly's favorite children's recording?

2. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?

3. From what country does the wave of adoptees come to America in the 1950s?

4. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?

5. What is Jeffrey's favorite lullaby called?

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