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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what country is SOS Kinderdorf International based?
(a) Austria.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) The Czech Republic.
(d) Germany.

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

6. What is the title of the Corky Merwin film that shows a positive side of Chinese orphanages?
(a) "China's Orphanages."
(b) "Sleep Tight."
(c) "Good Fortune."
(d) "China's Lost Daughters."

7. Which of these things is ranked as least important in a national survey of parents of adopted Chinese children?
(a) Pride in the Chinese heritage.
(b) Exposure to Chinese culture.
(c) Being able to speak Chinese at home.
(d) Being friends with other Chinese children.

8. 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.

9. What strange menu item from their final dinner in China does Evans mention more than once?
(a) Lily greens.
(b) Cow tongue.
(c) Snake meat.
(d) Ostrich meat.

10. What common remark about adopted children from China is particularly frustrating to their parents?
(a) That they don't look like their parents.
(b) That they are lucky to have been rescued.
(c) That they all look the same.
(d) That they aren't their parents "real" children.

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

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

13. What pattern is the quilt on Karin's bed?
(a) Flying Geese.
(b) Log Cabin.
(c) Wedding Ring.
(d) Pinwheel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what surface is Kelly afraid, at first, to move?

2. Where is Karin when she has an epiphany about how unconditionally she loves her daughter?

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

4. What is the name of the former entry port for immigrants coming to California between 1910-1940?

5. What symbols does Karin's father use to represent people on his family tree?

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