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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. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1987.

2. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Boston.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

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

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?
(a) Railroad stations.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) Along roads.
(d) Schools.

5. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?
(a) Maddy.
(b) Annie.
(c) Chichi.
(d) Kelly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "baiji"?

2. What is on the necklace Karin buys in the farmers' market?

3. What is the title of the British documentary about Chinese orphanages?

4. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?

5. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Evans write this book?

2. Why does Evans doubt the appropriateness of using the word "abandonment" so often in reference to Chinese babies?

3. At the time Karin and Mark are adopting, what is the state of Chinese women's reproductive lives?

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

5. How do Karin and Mark deliberately expose Kelly to her heritage?

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

7. What are some of the things that Karin and Mark are told about Kelly?

8. How does poverty affect children?

9. What is Karin's conclusion about her baby's mother?

10. How is adoption different in the 1950s-70s?

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