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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the organization that sponsors the tiger-costume event and has chapters in all major U.S. cities?
(a) Families with Children from China.
(b) Helping Hands.
(c) Adopted from China.
(d) Chinese Daughters.

3. What phrase does Chinese professor Huang Banghan use to describe his hopes for adopted Chinese girls' journeys through the questions of their origins?
(a) "Smooth sailing."
(b) "Soft landing."
(c) "Godspeed."
(d) "Safe passage."

4. Jenny Bowen remembers a little girl left behind who is very proud of what possession?
(a) A book.
(b) A doll.
(c) String bracelets.
(d) A locket.

5. In what percentage of families who abandon babies is the decision made by the father?
(a) 40%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 50%.

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

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

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

9. What is the title of Human Rights Watch/Asia's 1996 documentary?
(a) "Death by Numbers."
(b) "The State of Chinese Orphanages."
(c) "Death by Default."
(d) "The Dying Rooms."

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

11. What is the name of the program May Wong joins in San Francisco?
(a) "Tracing Your Family Tree."
(b) "In Search of Roots."
(c) "My Hometown."
(d) "No Place Like Home."

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

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

14. What is "jook"?
(a) Yogurt.
(b) Rice pudding.
(c) Gruel.
(d) Baby food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what major newspaper is Julia Ming Gale's story told in 1996?

2. Which of these is NOT a campaign mentioned from Shanghai and Beijing?

3. With what does Kelly seem particularly fascinated?

4. What is the title of the Corky Merwin film that shows a positive side of Chinese orphanages?

5. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?

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