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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. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?
(a) Birth smugglers.
(b) Birth vigilantes.
(c) Baby guerrillas.
(d) Birth guerrillas.

2. In an old Chinese proverb, what do people try to describe by touching one part of it?
(a) A tree.
(b) An airplane.
(c) An ostrich.
(d) An elephant.

3. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?
(a) A way to tell about the culture from which these Chinese girls came.
(b) Her own memoirs.
(c) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(d) True stories about birth parents.

4. When does the Chinese government's strict population-control policy go into effect?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?

2. What is the main reason Chinese people cite for the necessity of the population-control policies?

3. During what dynasty is China's family system based on male lineage first laid out?

4. What character does Mark name as his ideal father?

5. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the circumstances that have created such a large amount of Chinese baby girls in orphanages?

2. What does Karin find in the middle of the night that is symbolic of her search for clues about her daughter's birth mother?

3. Why does Evans write this book?

4. Describe some of the initial policies used by the Chinese government to reduce the birthrate.

5. What is the "regrettable past" of Angel Island?

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

7. What does Karin mention about the Cantonese people?

8. What is the ancient Chinese proverb that Evans references?

9. What is SOS Kinderdorf International?

10. Describe the relationship between Kelly and the puppy, Maddy.

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