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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Matters of Life and Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are estimated to have died during the disaster that occurred in the late 1950s?
(a) 300 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 13 million.
(d) 30 million.

2. What is the literal translation of "shaying tang"?
(a) "State-run orphanage."
(b) "Hospice for killing infants."
(c) "Home for Little Ones."
(d) "Hospital for children."

3. What is the title of Human Rights Watch/Asia's 1996 documentary?
(a) "The Dying Rooms."
(b) "Death by Default."
(c) "Death by Numbers."
(d) "The State of Chinese Orphanages."

4. What message does Max give the adoptive parents before they head out to start collecting official permissions?
(a) "Do not speak unless spoken to."
(b) "Make yourself a joy to deal with."
(c) "Show no emotion."
(d) "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

5. How many wars of foreign aggression has China endured in the past 300 years?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ancient times, what is the other meaning for the Chinese character for "wife"?

2. For what magazine does Jill Smolowe, adoptive mother and writer, work?

3. Which of these is NOT a traditional Chinese saying disparaging daughters?

4. What is used by midwives to smother newborn baby girls?

5. What is the popular name of legendary heroine Fa Mu Lan?

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