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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In the Light of the Autumn Moon.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is the child that will be Karin and Mark's daughter when they receive their referral?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Three months.

3. What is "jook"?
(a) Rice pudding.
(b) Baby food.
(c) Yogurt.
(d) Gruel.

4. What phrase does Chinese professor Huang Banghan use to describe his hopes for adopted Chinese girls' journeys through the questions of their origins?
(a) "Smooth sailing."
(b) "Godspeed."
(c) "Safe passage."
(d) "Soft landing."

5. What novel does Evans mention as having a character who strangles a newborn girl?
(a) "The Pearl," John Steinbeck.
(b) "The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck.
(c) "Oliver Twist," Charles Dickens.
(d) "Memoirs of a Geisha," Arthur Golden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Ming Quong" mean?

2. What major catastrophe occurs in China in the late 1950s?

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

4. What is a "hukou"?

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

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