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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?
(a) "Bring a little brother."
(b) "Treasured one."
(c) "Not a boy."
(d) "Extra mouth."

2. In ancient times, what is the other meaning for the Chinese character for "wife"?
(a) "Lesser."
(b) "Woman."
(c) "Goddess."
(d) "Equal."

3. What is a "shengyu zheng"?
(a) A birth permission paper.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) A marriage license.
(d) An adoption decree.

4. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?
(a) An airplane.
(b) An ostrich.
(c) A tree.
(d) An elephant.

5. What is China's overall ratio of boys to girls in 1998?
(a) 105:100.
(b) 120:100.
(c) 85:100.
(d) 100:100.

6. Who are "pleaders"?
(a) Women who wanted more than one child.
(b) Men who were desperate for a son.
(c) Men who wanted multiple children to work the land.
(d) Women who begged to keep their children.

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

8. How many people are estimated to have died during the disaster that occurred in the late 1950s?
(a) 300 million.
(b) 30 million.
(c) 13 million.
(d) 3 million.

9. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Boll worm babies.
(b) Children of the mulberry bug.
(c) Mulberry wasps.
(d) Children of the wasps.

10. Where are Karin and Mark told their daughter was found?
(a) In a market.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) Beside the highway.
(d) Under a bridge.

11. What leader celebrated the idea of "glorious mothers having more babies"?
(a) Jiang Zemin.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Chiang Kai-shek.
(d) Deng Xiaoping.

12. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?
(a) Birth smugglers.
(b) Baby guerrillas.
(c) Birth guerrillas.
(d) Birth vigilantes.

13. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) In the United States.
(c) Guanzhou.
(d) England.

14. In what year does the Law on Protection of Rights and Interests of Women go into effect?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1980.

15. How old is the author's daughter when they adopt her?
(a) One day.
(b) One year.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is printed on the T-shirt Kelly wore from the orphanage?

3. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?

4. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?

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

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