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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a reason given by Chinese couples who adopted abandoned baby girls?
(a) To provide for our old age.
(b) To increase joy in life.
(c) To provide grandchildren.
(d) To bring honor to the family.

2. For whom does Karin's group of adoptive families have a potluck dinner?
(a) Amy Tan.
(b) May Wong.
(c) Jenny Bowen.
(d) Max.

3. What is the name of the former entry port for immigrants coming to California between 1910-1940?
(a) Ellis Island.
(b) Alcatraz.
(c) Angel Island.
(d) Ryker's Island.

4. What religious sect always deliberately puts a flaw in their quilts?
(a) Adventists.
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses.
(c) Amish.
(d) Quakers.

5. What is Kelly's one Cantonese word?
(a) "xiao."
(b) "aii-ya!"
(c) "yu."
(d) "baiji."

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

7. What is the other name for this Chinese October holiday?
(a) Day of Remembrance.
(b) Day of Reckoning.
(c) Day of Reunion.
(d) Day of Forgiveness.

8. What does Kelly call motorcycles?
(a) "Zooms."
(b) "Mycles."
(c) "Mooms."
(d) "Rooms."

9. At what internationally famous restaurant does the group of adopting parents eat after getting the babies?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Hard Rock Cafe.
(c) House of Blues.
(d) Kentucky Fried Chicken.

10. Where does May Wong grow up?
(a) Northern California.
(b) China.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

11. What award does "The Dying Rooms" win?
(a) An Oscar.
(b) An Emmy.
(c) A Peabody.
(d) A Nobel.

12. From what country does the wave of adoptees come to America in the 1950s?
(a) China.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Korea.
(d) Japan.

13. What does "Ming Quong" mean?
(a) "Blessed Children."
(b) "Radiant Light."
(c) "Happy Home."
(d) "Brilliant Star."

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

15. What famous novelist founds the first international adoption agency in the United States?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Pearl S. Buck.
(d) Harper Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Guan Yin the goddess of?

2. What is the literal translation of "shaying tang"?

3. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?

4. With whom does Amy DeNucci travel to adopt Chinese babies?

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

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