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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 translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?
(a) "Not a boy."
(b) "Extra mouth."
(c) "Treasured one."
(d) "Bring a little brother."

2. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) The umbilical cord.
(c) An offering to the gods.
(d) The placenta.

3. What is the name of the ship Karin watches sail under the Golden Gate Bridge?
(a) China Moon.
(b) Paper Moon.
(c) Chinese Buddha.
(d) China Doll.

4. Where is the author's daughter born?
(a) Taipei.
(b) Szechuan Province.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Pearl River Delta.

5. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?
(a) Fried mulberry leaves.
(b) Fried moths.
(c) Fried grasshoppers.
(d) Fried silkworms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "baiji"?

2. What is the most common method used to commit suicide by Chinese rural women?

3. What is a "hutang"?

4. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

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

(see the answer key)

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