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

2. What major catastrophe occurs in China in the late 1950s?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A famine.
(c) A drought.
(d) A civil war.

3. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?
(a) "Oliver Twist," Charles Dickens.
(b) "The Pearl," John Steinbeck.
(c) "The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck.
(d) "Memoirs of a Geisha," Arthur Golden.

4. What is a natural ratio of boys to girls at birth?
(a) 100:100.
(b) 105:100.
(c) 85:100.
(d) 120:100.

5. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?
(a) Mark and Karin close on a new house.
(b) Karin's father's funeral.
(c) Mark is promoted.
(d) Mark's brother's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is SOS Kinderdorf International based?

2. What award does "The Dying Rooms" win?

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

4. What is the most common method used to commit suicide by Chinese rural women?

5. Where are Karin and Mark told their daughter was found?

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