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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?
(a) Mao Zedong.
(b) Mencius.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Jiang Zemin.

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

4. What is given to all the girls at Ming Quong on Mother's Day?
(a) A rose.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A doll.
(d) A book.

5. On what surface is Kelly afraid, at first, to move?
(a) Shag carpet.
(b) Sand.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "jook"?

2. Of what TV show does Mark say the "soy or milk" formula debate reminds him?

3. What does Kelly dress up as for her second Halloween?

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

5. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?

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