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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 is an "iron rice bowl"?
(a) A type of food-stamp program.
(b) Long-term job security.
(c) A popular set of dishes.
(d) Rural China.

2. In what type of church is the tiger-costume event held?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Episcopal.

3. What pattern is the quilt on Karin's bed?
(a) Pinwheel.
(b) Flying Geese.
(c) Log Cabin.
(d) Wedding Ring.

4. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?
(a) "Memoirs of a Geisha," Arthur Golden.
(b) "Oliver Twist," Charles Dickens.
(c) "The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck.
(d) "The Pearl," John Steinbeck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Karin when she has her first brush with the reality of her child not resembling her physically?

2. What is Jiang Xiao Yu holding when she meets her parents?

3. What event are the Evanses attending where all the children are dressed as tigers?

4. Where is it that all adopted Chinese babies must pass through?

5. What does Karin put in the notebook decorated with Chinese characters?

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