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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Light of the Autumn Moon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?
(a) Eight cranes flew in with grains of rice.
(b) Six cows came from Beijing bearing mulberry tree seeds.
(c) Eight muberry trees sprouted spontaneously.
(d) Six goats came from the sky with grains of rice.

2. Where is it that all adopted Chinese babies must pass through?
(a) Guangzhou.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Jiangmen.
(d) Beijing.

3. What message does Max give the adoptive parents before they head out to start collecting official permissions?
(a) "Do not speak unless spoken to."
(b) "Make yourself a joy to deal with."
(c) "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
(d) "Show no emotion."

4. Which of these is a reason given by Chinese couples who adopted abandoned baby girls?
(a) To provide grandchildren.
(b) To increase joy in life.
(c) To provide for our old age.
(d) To bring honor to the family.

5. What are the "baiji"?
(a) White cranes.
(b) White goats.
(c) White dolphins.
(d) White whales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pattern is the quilt on Karin's bed?

2. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?

3. Who is Mei Li?

4. What Akira Kurosawa film that ends with the finding of a baby does Karin watch?

5. What is Kelly's one Cantonese word?

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