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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) String bracelets.
(b) A yam.
(c) A bag of rice.
(d) A stuffed panda bear.

3. What unusual circumstances involving Chinese adoption exists in one Southern family?
(a) Two single parents of Chinese adoptees married.
(b) Three sisters who each adopted a baby.
(c) An adoptee from China who adopted a baby from China.
(d) A mother and daughter who each adopted a baby.

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

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

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

7. What does Karin think is in the bundle a young woman tries to give her?
(a) Money.
(b) A baby.
(c) A kitten.
(d) A puppy.

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

9. What is printed on the T-shirt Kelly wore from the orphanage?
(a) Gucci.
(b) Disney World.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Trump's Castle Casino Resort.

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

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

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

13. 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.

14. What is the meaning of the surname "Jiang," given to the babies at Kelly's orphanage?
(a) River.
(b) Education.
(c) Light.
(d) Little.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mei Li?

2. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?

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

4. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

5. What does Karin bury in her yard?

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