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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mei Li?
(a) Their baby's birth mother.
(b) The head of the orphanage.
(c) An old friend of Karin's.
(d) Their new baby.

2. How many women are forcibly sterilized during campaigns in 1983 and 1991?
(a) 300 million.
(b) 13 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 30 million.

3. What book does Karin mention is one of her favorites?
(a) "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(b) "Of Mice and Men," John Steinbeck.
(c) "Look Homeward Angel," Thomas Wolfe.
(d) "Jane Eyre," Charlotte Bronte.

4. What is the "dark side" to which Chinese journalists refer?
(a) Abandoned babies.
(b) Forced abortions.
(c) Human trafficking in young women.
(d) Infanticide.

5. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?
(a) A silver Buddha.
(b) A jade Buddha.
(c) A jade star.
(d) A silver heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "baiji"?

2. What is a "hutang"?

3. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?

4. What is printed on the T-shirt Kelly wore from the orphanage?

5. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a "bicultural identity"?

2. What does Karin mention about the Cantonese people?

3. What is SOS Kinderdorf International?

4. What negative predictions accompany a forecast of a 20% shortage of marriageable young women?

5. Why does professor Huang Banghan want to write a book about Chinese-U.S. adoption for Chinese readers?

6. What kind of information is given to prospective parents after they are matched with a Chinese baby?

7. Why are the baiji in danger?

8. What is the main way in which all Chinese adoptees' stories are similar?

9. What does May Wong see as the biggest difference between Chinese and American cultures?

10. How does poverty affect children?

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