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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does the Law on Protection of Rights and Interests of Women go into effect?

3. Who are "pleaders"?

4. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a "bicultural identity"?

2. What is the story that Karin has imagined about Kelly's birth mother?

3. Describe the two-tier system of adoption Karin mentions.

4. What is China's "dark side"?

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

6. What is Harry Wu's objection to the Chinese adoption system?

7. What leads to the famine of 1958-61?

8. What kinds of things are in Karin's "shrine"?

9. What does Karin fear about her daughter's future trip to China to search for her roots?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolism of the comparison that Karin makes between her baby's footprint and the place of her birth?

Essay Topic 2

Do China's population and adoption laws encourage the abandonment of babies? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The state of adoption in China, including which children are adopted, is influenced by many factors. Please name at least three and explain why and how they are influences.

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