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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Through the Chinese Looking Glass.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chinese legend say brings two lovers together?
(a) An invisible red string.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Magnetic force.
(d) Chance.

2. Where does Karin live in her early journalistic career?
(a) London.
(b) India.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) Hong Kong.

3. What is the number of people in China the government admitted was too poor to afford clothes and food?
(a) 17 million.
(b) 70 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 7 million.

4. In what country is SOS Kinderdorf International based?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) The Czech Republic.

5. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?
(a) An offering to the gods.
(b) The placenta.
(c) The umbilical cord.
(d) A lock of hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main reason Chinese people cite for the necessity of the population-control policies?

2. In what year does "The Dying Rooms" premiere on American television?

3. What is a regional delicacy in Guangzhou that Karin is told tastes like peanuts?

4. What is the estimated cost of adopting a child from China?

5. Which of these groups is NOT one the author and her husband sought support from?

(see the answer key)

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