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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does "The Dying Rooms" premiere on American television?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

2. With what does Kelly seem particularly fascinated?
(a) The television.
(b) Traffic lights.
(c) Motorcycles.
(d) Horses.

3. What symbols does Karin's father use to represent people on his family tree?
(a) Apples.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Twigs.
(d) Leaves.

4. What is the name of the web site where children adopted from China can learn about their birthplace?
(a) "My Home Town."
(b) "The Way Back."
(c) "My Own Story."
(d) "Where Did I Come From?"

5. Where does May Wong attend college?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of California at Berkeley.
(d) University of Notre Dame.

6. What famous writer travels to Beijing to speak only to have the speech canceled at the last minute?
(a) John Grisham.
(b) Ha Jin.
(c) Danielle Steel.
(d) Amy Tan.

7. What does Chinese legend say brings two lovers together?
(a) Chance.
(b) Magnetic force.
(c) Buddha.
(d) An invisible red string.

8. What is given to all the girls at Ming Quong on Mother's Day?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A rose.
(c) A book.
(d) A doll.

9. Which of these is a song Karin and Mark sing to Kelly in the hotel room?
(a) "Itsy-Bitsy Spider."
(b) "Bye Bye Blackbird."
(c) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
(d) "Home on the Range."

10. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?
(a) Half the Sky Foundation.
(b) The Amity Foundation.
(c) Welcome House.
(d) The Bowen Foundation.

11. What does Evans cite as all children's worst enemy?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Disease.
(d) Neglect.

12. To what Broadway show's music does Kelly fall asleep in White Cloud Park?
(a) "Cats."
(b) "West Side Story."
(c) "Oklahoma!"
(d) "Annie."

13. What event are the Evanses attending where all the children are dressed as tigers?
(a) "Between the Two New Years."
(b) A Halloween party.
(c) A child's jungle-themed birthday party.
(d) Dragon-Boat Festival.

14. Who is Zhang Shuyun?
(a) A Chinese government official.
(b) A Chinese filmmaker.
(c) A Chinese physician.
(d) A Chinese orphanage caretaker.

15. Where is Karin when she has an epiphany about how unconditionally she loves her daughter?
(a) On the plane.
(b) In her kitchen.
(c) In the orphanage.
(d) On a beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the program May Wong joins in San Francisco?

2. Jenny Bowen remembers a little girl left behind who is very proud of what possession?

3. What Native American tribe always deliberately weaves an imperfection into their rugs?

4. Which of these things is NOT an identifying characteristic of Americans mentioned by May Wong?

5. What does Karin's sister-in-law's Mexican-Chinese family call Kelly?

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