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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 common remark about adopted children from China is particularly frustrating to their parents?
(a) That they are lucky to have been rescued.
(b) That they all look the same.
(c) That they aren't their parents "real" children.
(d) That they don't look like their parents.

2. What are the "baiji"?
(a) White cranes.
(b) White goats.
(c) White dolphins.
(d) White whales.

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

4. What is Kelly's favorite children's recording?
(a) "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep."
(b) "Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star."
(c) "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
(d) "Use Your Napkin(Not Your Mom!)."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does the wave of adoptees come to America in the 1950s?

2. Which of these is a song Karin and Mark sing to Kelly in the hotel room?

3. Who is Zhang Shuyun?

4. What is the name of the national organization for single parents of Chinese children?

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

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