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

2. What major news magazine runs a cover story on genealogy in 1999?
(a) The "New York Times" magazine.
(b) "Time."
(c) "Newsweek."
(d) "U.S. News & World Report."

3. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?
(a) Between parent and child.
(b) Between spouses.
(c) Between grandparents and grandchildren.
(d) Between siblings.

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

5. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?
(a) The Mao Dynasty.
(b) The Golden Age.
(c) The Great Leap Forward.
(d) The New Deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?

2. What is it that Chinese people traditionally eat at this October festival?

3. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?

4. What Native American tribe always deliberately weaves an imperfection into their rugs?

5. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?

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