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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 title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?
(a) "Abandoned and Unloved."
(b) "The Dying Rooms."
(c) "China's Lost Children."
(d) "Growing Up Orphans."

2. What does Karin bury in her yard?
(a) A baby bootie.
(b) A laminated Catholic prayer card.
(c) A carved male figure intended to bring luck in birthing a son.
(d) A soapstone Buddha.

3. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?
(a) Anthropologists.
(b) Her child's birth mother.
(c) Chinese citizens.
(d) Demographers.

4. How old is the author's daughter when they adopt her?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) One day.

5. How old is the child that will be Karin and Mark's daughter when they receive their referral?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Eighteen months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?

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

3. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?

4. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?

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

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