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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. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?

2. Who are "pleaders"?

3. Where is China's leader, Jiang Zemin, at the time Karin and Mark fly to China?

4. What is the first major hurdle Karin and Mark have to clear in the adoption process?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Karin and Mark's first moments with their daughter.

2. How do Karin and Mark feel about the rest of their group?

3. What do the families have to do on Shamian Island?

4. Why do China's leaders push for a population control policy?

5. Why are the baiji in danger?

6. Describe three ways in which Evans pictures Chinese adoptees growing up in the United States.

7. Why are girls expected to feel lucky just to be alive, particularly during the hardest times?

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

9. What is the practical side of the Confucian family system that so heavily favors sons?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the significance of the baiji. What are they? How is their story connected to those of abandoned Chinese baby girls?

Essay Topic 2

Please discuss at least two issues that are brewing in China at least in part due to the one-child policy and all of the lost daughters.

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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