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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country are 2500 children adopted in China after World War II?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Thailand.

2. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?
(a) Her own memoirs.
(b) A way to tell about the culture from which these Chinese girls came.
(c) True stories about birth parents.
(d) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.

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

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

5. What does Karin bury in her yard?
(a) A laminated Catholic prayer card.
(b) A baby bootie.
(c) A soapstone Buddha.
(d) A carved male figure intended to bring luck in birthing a son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "hutang"?

2. What is the name of the ancient temple the group of adopting parents visit with their babies?

3. Which of these things is ranked as least important in a national survey of parents of adopted Chinese children?

4. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?

5. What major catastrophe occurs in China in the late 1950s?

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