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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. How many wars of foreign aggression has China endured in the past 300 years?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

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

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

5. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?
(a) Six goats came from the sky with grains of rice.
(b) Eight cranes flew in with grains of rice.
(c) Six cows came from Beijing bearing mulberry tree seeds.
(d) Eight muberry trees sprouted spontaneously.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women are forcibly sterilized during campaigns in 1983 and 1991?

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

3. How old is the author's daughter when they adopt her?

4. What message does Max give the adoptive parents before they head out to start collecting official permissions?

5. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?

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