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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through East-West Lives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "shengyu zheng"?
(a) A birth permission paper.
(b) An adoption decree.
(c) A birth certificate.
(d) A marriage license.

2. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?
(a) Song.
(b) Han.
(c) Ming.
(d) Qin.

3. What is the literal translation of "shaying tang"?
(a) "State-run orphanage."
(b) "Hospital for children."
(c) "Home for Little Ones."
(d) "Hospice for killing infants."

4. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) "The Lost Generation."
(b) Her daughter's "sisters."
(c) "Chinese Flowers."
(d) "Chinese Pearls."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Karin bury in her yard?

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

5. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?

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