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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Journey to the East.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the book is for a general audience?
(a) True stories about birth parents.
(b) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(c) Her own memoirs.
(d) A way to tell about the culture from which these Chinese girls came.

2. Where does Karin live in her early journalistic career?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) India.
(c) Rio de Janeiro.
(d) London.

3. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?
(a) Mark is promoted.
(b) Mark and Karin close on a new house.
(c) Mark's brother's wedding.
(d) Karin's father's funeral.

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?
(a) Schools.
(b) Railroad stations.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Along roads.

5. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) "The Lost Generation."
(b) Her daughter's "sisters."
(c) "Chinese Flowers."
(d) "Chinese Pearls."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?

2. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?

3. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

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

5. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?

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