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

2. Who is China's second sage?
(a) Kublai Khan.
(b) Mencius.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Mao Zedong.

3. What is the meaning of "Xiao," the first part of all the little girls' names?
(a) Jade.
(b) Little.
(c) River.
(d) Education.

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?
(a) Along roads.
(b) Schools.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Railroad stations.

5. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?

2. What American icon does Karin see painted on trashcans in Guanzhou?

3. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?

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

5. What is the number of people in China the government admitted was too poor to afford clothes and food?

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