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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 provide grandchildren.
(c) To increase joy in life.
(d) To bring honor to the family.

2. What Akira Kurosawa film that ends with the finding of a baby does Karin watch?
(a) "Rashomon."
(b) "One Wonderful Sunday."
(c) "The Idiot."
(d) "Seven Samurai."

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

4. About how many of China's thousand-plus orphanages do adoption agencies have contact with?
(a) 750.
(b) 500.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

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

6. What is Guan Yin the goddess of?
(a) The sea.
(b) Love.
(c) Mercy.
(d) The sky.

7. Which of these professors is NOT part of the study on infant abandonment in China?
(a) Wang Liyao.
(b) Kay Johnson.
(c) Richard Tessler.
(d) Huang Banghan.

8. What is the term psychiatrists have given to the feeling of children who have no way to trace their biological history?
(a) Genealogical bewilderment.
(b) Genetic anxiety.
(c) Genealogical depression.
(d) Genetic confusion.

9. What is Jeffrey's favorite lullaby called?
(a) "The Little Swallow."
(b) "Around the Mulberry Tree."
(c) "100 Grains of Rice."
(d) "The Crane Song."

10. Which of these things is NOT an identifying characteristic of Americans mentioned by May Wong?
(a) Backpacks.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Personal carriage.
(d) Hairstyle.

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

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the national organization for single parents of Chinese children?
(a) Families with Children from China.
(b) Just the Two of Us.
(c) Helping Hands.
(d) Our Chinese Daughters Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country does the wave of adoptees come to America in the 1950s?

2. What animal's sound does Kelly imitate?

3. What organization does adoptive mother Jenny Bowen found?

4. What is it that Chinese people traditionally eat at this October festival?

5. What is "jook"?

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