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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. Who is it that parents photograph at one orphanage where they are the first people to pick up the babies?
(a) The doorkeeper.
(b) The cook.
(c) The groundskeeper.
(d) The housekeeper.

2. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?
(a) Lanxi.
(b) Mumu.
(c) Famu.
(d) Mulan.

3. In what percentage of families who abandon babies is the decision made by the father?
(a) 60%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 75%.

4. What famous writer travels to Beijing to speak only to have the speech canceled at the last minute?
(a) Amy Tan.
(b) John Grisham.
(c) Danielle Steel.
(d) Ha Jin.

5. What is the "dark side" to which Chinese journalists refer?
(a) Abandoned babies.
(b) Infanticide.
(c) Human trafficking in young women.
(d) Forced abortions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?

2. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?

3. Who is Zhang Shuyun?

4. Who is Mei Li?

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

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