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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Karin live in her early journalistic career?
(a) London.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) India.
(d) Rio de Janeiro.

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

4. How many wars of foreign aggression has China endured in the past 300 years?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. At one time in history, what is cut into intricate pieces that fit like puzzles so that separated family could find one another?
(a) Jade.
(b) Wood.
(c) Topaz.
(d) Silver.

6. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?
(a) Karin's father's funeral.
(b) Mark's brother's wedding.
(c) Mark is promoted.
(d) Mark and Karin close on a new house.

7. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A seamstress.
(c) A friend's family.
(d) Distant relatives.

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

9. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A jade star.
(b) A jade Buddha.
(c) A silver heart.
(d) A silver Buddha.

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

11. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?
(a) Jiang Zemin.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Mencius.

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

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

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

15. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?

2. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?

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

4. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?

5. What major catastrophe occurs in China in the late 1950s?

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