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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Light of the Autumn Moon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean when the street vendors call "you liangge yo-o-o"?
(a) "They are blond!"
(b) "There are two of them!"
(c) "Look, Americans!"
(d) "Tourists!"

2. What is a natural ratio of boys to girls at birth?
(a) 120:100.
(b) 105:100.
(c) 100:100.
(d) 85:100.

3. In what major newspaper is Julia Ming Gale's story told in 1996?
(a) "The New York Times."
(b) "The Washington Post."
(c) "USA Today."
(d) "The Boston Globe."

4. Which of these is NOT a traditional Chinese saying disparaging daughters?
(a) "It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters."
(b) "Boys are a blessing; girls are a curse."
(c) "When fishing for treasures in the flood, be careful not to pull in girls."
(d) "Girls are maggots in the rice."

5. What is Guan Yin the goddess of?
(a) The sky.
(b) Love.
(c) The sea.
(d) Mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Karin mention is one of her favorites?

2. What Asian-American athlete does Evans cite as having been called "Beaten by an American"?

3. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?

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

5. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?

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