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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. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?

2. In what year does China change to a "one son or two child policy"?

3. What is the most common method used to commit suicide by Chinese rural women?

4. What is the common name of the system that favors boys over girls?

5. What does it mean when the street vendors call "you liangge yo-o-o"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the card Karin and Mark receive from the orphanage where Kelly lived.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the official paperwork Chinese babies who are adopted receive from the Chinese government.

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

8. What are Karin's feelings toward Max?

9. What is the significance of the phrase, "Heavy pressures that are difficult to explain"?

10. Describe the traffic in Guanzhou at night.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the issues surrounding adoptive children? What are the issues particular to cross-cultural adoption? How can they be addressed?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the quote,"How sad to be a woman! Nothing on earth is held so cheap" (poet Fu Hsuan). What does this mean? What connection does it have with the current state of affairs in China? Is it an accurate statement? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What is the controversy over the condition of orphanages in China? Please give evidence to support your answer.

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