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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. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?

3. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?

4. What is it called when the parents' dossiers are matched with a Chinese child?

5. What is the period of Mao Zedong's reforms called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the effects of the "one-child policy" on baby girls?

2. What recent announcement about adoption has been made by President Clinton as Evans is writing her book?

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

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

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

6. What kind of information is given to prospective parents after they are matched with a Chinese baby?

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

8. What are some reasons that Americans have turned more to international adoptions?

9. Why does Evans write this book?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How is adoption today different from adoption in the mid-twentieth century? What have today's adoptive parents learned from those now-grown adopted children?

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