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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A pillow.
(c) Ashes.
(d) The midwife's hand.

2. What does Karin put in the notebook decorated with Chinese characters?
(a) Notes for a writing assignment.
(b) A diary.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Letters to her future child.

3. Where are Karin and Mark told their daughter was found?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) In a market.
(d) Beside the highway.

4. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1992.

5. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is China's second sage?

2. What are the "baiji"?

3. What character does Mark name as his ideal father?

4. What practice does Karin take up to help her de-stress?

5. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?

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