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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?
(a) A blanket.
(b) The midwife's hand.
(c) Ashes.
(d) A pillow.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?
(a) 18,000.
(b) 220,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 112,000.

10. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) A photograph.
(b) Her footprint.
(c) They see her through a window.
(d) She is handed to them.

11. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Australia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Canada.

12. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?
(a) "Boy preference."
(b) "Daughter disappointment."
(c) "Son preference."
(d) "Chosen boys."

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

14. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?
(a) Han.
(b) Qin.
(c) Song.
(d) Ming.

15. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that parents photograph at one orphanage where they are the first people to pick up the babies?

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

3. Where are Karin and Mark told their daughter was found?

4. What are the "baiji"?

5. How many women are forcibly sterilized during campaigns in 1983 and 1991?

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