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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which of these groups is NOT one the author and her husband sought support from?
(a) Other adoptive parents.
(b) The clergy.
(c) Their families.
(d) Friends.

6. What American icon does Karin see painted on trashcans in Guanzhou?
(a) Barney.
(b) The Golden Arches.
(c) Wendy.
(d) The Kentucky Fried Colonel.

7. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?
(a) Six cows came from Beijing bearing mulberry tree seeds.
(b) Eight cranes flew in with grains of rice.
(c) Six goats came from the sky with grains of rice.
(d) Eight muberry trees sprouted spontaneously.

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

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

10. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1990.

11. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?
(a) A changing table.
(b) A makeshift crib.
(c) An electric fan.
(d) A rocking chair.

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

13. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

15. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?
(a) Railroad stations.
(b) Schools.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Along roads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean when the street vendors call "you liangge yo-o-o"?

2. What is the number of people in China the government admitted was too poor to afford clothes and food?

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

4. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?

5. When does the Chinese government's strict population-control policy go into effect?

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