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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 is the meaning of "Xiao," the first part of all the little girls' names?

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

3. What unusual circumstances involving Chinese adoption exists in one Southern family?

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

5. What is printed on the T-shirt Kelly wore from the orphanage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the baiji in danger?

2. What are some of the recommendations on packing for China that Karin and Mark choose not to use?

3. How does Karin's view of parenthood differ from Jill Ker Conway's?

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

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

6. How does poverty affect children?

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

8. Why does Evans write this book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the journey Karin and Mark took to become parents, officially, physically, and emotionally.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the differences between Chinese and American culture as seen by a Chinese-American visiting China. Do you think Evans believes one is better than the other? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the group Families with Children from China so important? What do they do? Why?

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