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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The One-Child, Maybe-One-More Policy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?
(a) "The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck.
(b) "Memoirs of a Geisha," Arthur Golden.
(c) "Oliver Twist," Charles Dickens.
(d) "The Pearl," John Steinbeck.

2. Who are "pleaders"?
(a) Men who were desperate for a son.
(b) Men who wanted multiple children to work the land.
(c) Women who wanted more than one child.
(d) Women who begged to keep their children.

3. What is an "iron rice bowl"?
(a) Long-term job security.
(b) A type of food-stamp program.
(c) A popular set of dishes.
(d) Rural China.

4. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Mulberry wasps.
(b) Children of the mulberry bug.
(c) Children of the wasps.
(d) Boll worm babies.

5. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?
(a) England.
(b) Guanzhou.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) In the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "dark side" to which Chinese journalists refer?

2. Into what city do Karin and Mark fly first?

3. What is a "hutang"?

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

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

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