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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Matters of Life and Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Children of the wasps.
(b) Mulberry wasps.
(c) Children of the mulberry bug.
(d) Boll worm babies.

2. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1992.

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

4. What award does "The Dying Rooms" win?
(a) An Oscar.
(b) A Nobel.
(c) A Peabody.
(d) An Emmy.

5. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A jade star.
(b) A silver Buddha.
(c) A silver heart.
(d) A jade Buddha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?

2. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?

3. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?

4. How many wars of foreign aggression has China endured in the past 300 years?

5. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?

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