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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. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?
(a) "Newsweek."
(b) "Time."
(c) "Better Homes and Gardens."
(d) "Atlantic Monthly."

2. What is the most common method used to commit suicide by Chinese rural women?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Self-starvation.
(c) Poison by agricultural pesticide.
(d) Stabbing.

3. What is a "hutang"?
(a) A popular stuffed infant toy in China.
(b) An old, walled Chinese neighborhood.
(c) A small meal including tea and crackers.
(d) A Chinese dumpling dish.

4. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Guanzhou.
(c) England.
(d) In the United States.

5. What American icon does Karin see painted on trashcans in Guanzhou?
(a) The Kentucky Fried Colonel.
(b) The Golden Arches.
(c) Wendy.
(d) Barney.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?

2. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?

3. What does Karin bury in her yard?

4. What does it mean when the street vendors call "you liangge yo-o-o"?

5. What is the name of the ship Karin watches sail under the Golden Gate Bridge?

(see the answer key)

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