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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karin put in the notebook decorated with Chinese characters?
(a) A diary.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Notes for a writing assignment.
(d) Letters to her future child.

2. What is the estimated cost of adopting a child from China?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $15,000.

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

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

5. Where is the author's daughter born?
(a) Taipei.
(b) Pearl River Delta.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Szechuan Province.

6. What is the main reason Chinese people cite for the necessity of the population-control policies?
(a) Scarcity of natural resources.
(b) Economic development.
(c) Family stability.
(d) Fear of another famine.

7. What does Karin bury in her yard?
(a) A soapstone Buddha.
(b) A carved male figure intended to bring luck in birthing a son.
(c) A laminated Catholic prayer card.
(d) A baby bootie.

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

9. How old is the child that will be Karin and Mark's daughter when they receive their referral?
(a) Six months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

10. 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.

11. What message does Max give the adoptive parents before they head out to start collecting official permissions?
(a) "Show no emotion."
(b) "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
(c) "Do not speak unless spoken to."
(d) "Make yourself a joy to deal with."

12. What is the first major hurdle Karin and Mark have to clear in the adoption process?
(a) A credit check.
(b) Clearance from the INS.
(c) Passing a home study by a social worker.
(d) FBI fingerprinting.

13. Of what TV show does Mark say the "soy or milk" formula debate reminds him?
(a) "The Brady Bunch."
(b) "The Partridge Family."
(c) "Leave It to Beaver."
(d) "Little Rascals."

14. What is the title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?
(a) "Growing Up Orphans."
(b) "Abandoned and Unloved."
(c) "China's Lost Children."
(d) "The Dying Rooms."

15. What is a "hutang"?
(a) An old, walled Chinese neighborhood.
(b) A small meal including tea and crackers.
(c) A Chinese dumpling dish.
(d) A popular stuffed infant toy in China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a natural ratio of boys to girls at birth?

2. What is China's overall ratio of boys to girls in 1998?

3. In Adeline Yen Mah's memoir, what does she call a cheap commodity in China?

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?

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

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