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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) Distant relatives.
(d) A friend's family.

2. 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."

3. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?
(a) "Chosen boys."
(b) "Daughter disappointment."
(c) "Boy preference."
(d) "Son preference."

4. 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) An offering to the gods.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) The umbilical cord.
(d) The placenta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?

2. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?

3. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

4. In ancient times, what is the other meaning for the Chinese character for "wife"?

5. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?

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