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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Journey to the East.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first major hurdle Karin and Mark have to clear in the adoption process?
(a) Passing a home study by a social worker.
(b) Clearance from the INS.
(c) A credit check.
(d) FBI fingerprinting.

2. Which of these groups is NOT one the author and her husband sought support from?
(a) Other adoptive parents.
(b) Their families.
(c) The clergy.
(d) Friends.

3. What is the number of people in China the government admitted was too poor to afford clothes and food?
(a) 7 million.
(b) 70 million.
(c) 17 million.
(d) 100 million.

4. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) "Chinese Flowers."
(b) Her daughter's "sisters."
(c) "Chinese Pearls."
(d) "The Lost Generation."

5. What character does Mark name as his ideal father?
(a) Daddy Warbucks, "Annie."
(b) Mr. Bennett, "Pride and Prejudice."
(c) Dr. Huxtable, "The Cosby Show."
(d) Atticus Finch, "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Short Answer Questions

1. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?

2. What does Karin put in the notebook decorated with Chinese characters?

3. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?

4. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?

5. In Adeline Yen Mah's memoir, what does she call a cheap commodity in China?

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