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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Karin when she has her first brush with the reality of her child not resembling her physically?

2. What is "jook"?

3. Which of these things is ranked as least important in a national survey of parents of adopted Chinese children?

4. In what year does China loosen the restrictions demanding that adoptive parents take "special-needs" children?

5. What fact does Evans mention about adopting children over the age of ten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the message Karin draws from a needle she found stuck in her quilt? Why is it especially meaningful to her at the time?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the significance of the baiji. What are they? How is their story connected to those of abandoned Chinese baby girls?

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolism of the comparison that Karin makes between her baby's footprint and the place of her birth?

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