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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. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) They see her through a window.
(b) She is handed to them.
(c) A photograph.
(d) Her footprint.

2. Who is it that parents photograph at one orphanage where they are the first people to pick up the babies?
(a) The doorkeeper.
(b) The groundskeeper.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) The cook.

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

4. Who are "pleaders"?
(a) Women who wanted more than one child.
(b) Men who were desperate for a son.
(c) Men who wanted multiple children to work the land.
(d) Women who begged to keep their children.

5. How many women are forcibly sterilized during campaigns in 1983 and 1991?
(a) 13 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 300 million.
(d) 30 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?

3. What is Jiang Xiao Yu holding when she meets her parents?

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

5. What is printed on the T-shirt Kelly wore from the orphanage?

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