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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many generations are in the genealogy May Wong sees?
(a) 23.
(b) 36.
(c) 45.
(d) 17.

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

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

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

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

6. What major news magazine runs a cover story on genealogy in 1999?
(a) "Newsweek."
(b) "U.S. News & World Report."
(c) "Time."
(d) The "New York Times" magazine.

7. What is the literal translation of "shaying tang"?
(a) "State-run orphanage."
(b) "Hospice for killing infants."
(c) "Home for Little Ones."
(d) "Hospital for children."

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

9. Who is "Da Niao"?
(a) Hannah Montana.
(b) Big Bird.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) Dora the Explorer.

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

11. What is the name of the ancient temple the group of adopting parents visit with their babies?
(a) Mulberry Tree Temple.
(b) Banyan Tree Temple.
(c) Golden Lilies Temple.
(d) Three Goats Temple.

12. Which of these is NOT part of the new playground built at the orphanage where Kelly lived?
(a) A slide.
(b) A sandbox.
(c) A Mickey Mouse ride.
(d) Swings.

13. On what surface is Kelly afraid, at first, to move?
(a) Grass.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Shag carpet.
(d) Sand.

14. Who writes that "A child's chromosomes are an irretrievably scrambled mishmash of its grandparents' chromosomes and so on..."?
(a) Jill Ker Conway.
(b) Kahlil Gibran.
(c) Alex Haley.
(d) Richard Dawkins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What common remark about adopted children from China is particularly frustrating to their parents?

3. In what country is SOS Kinderdorf International based?

4. What is "jook"?

5. In what year does "The Dying Rooms" premiere on American television?

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