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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first glimpse Karin and Mark get of their baby?
(a) She is handed to them.
(b) A photograph.
(c) They see her through a window.
(d) Her footprint.

2. What is the number of people in China the government admitted was too poor to afford clothes and food?
(a) 7 million.
(b) 70 million.
(c) 100 million.
(d) 17 million.

3. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?
(a) Distant relatives.
(b) A friend's family.
(c) A fortune teller.
(d) A seamstress.

4. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?
(a) Children of the mulberry bug.
(b) Mulberry wasps.
(c) Boll worm babies.
(d) Children of the wasps.

5. At one time in history, what is cut into intricate pieces that fit like puzzles so that separated family could find one another?
(a) Wood.
(b) Jade.
(c) Silver.
(d) Topaz.

6. What is a "shengyu zheng"?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) A birth permission paper.
(c) A marriage license.
(d) An adoption decree.

7. What does Karin bury in her yard?
(a) A carved male figure intended to bring luck in birthing a son.
(b) A laminated Catholic prayer card.
(c) A baby bootie.
(d) A soapstone Buddha.

8. As of the writing of the book, approximately how many Chinese-born girls are living in the United States?
(a) 112,000.
(b) 18,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 220,000.

9. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) String bracelets.
(b) A stuffed panda bear.
(c) A yam.
(d) A bag of rice.

10. What is it called when the parents' dossiers are matched with a Chinese child?
(a) A referral.
(b) An intervention.
(c) An application.
(d) A contract.

11. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Spain.

12. What do Chinese officials call women who flee their hometowns to give birth?
(a) Birth guerrillas.
(b) Birth smugglers.
(c) Baby guerrillas.
(d) Birth vigilantes.

13. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?
(a) Six goats came from the sky with grains of rice.
(b) Eight cranes flew in with grains of rice.
(c) Six cows came from Beijing bearing mulberry tree seeds.
(d) Eight muberry trees sprouted spontaneously.

14. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Maddy.
(c) Annie.
(d) Chichi.

15. In what year does China enact an international adoption law?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a natural ratio of boys to girls at birth?

3. What practice does Karin take up to help her de-stress?

4. About how long does it take for adoptive parents to move from the first meeting in an adoption agency to meeting their child?

5. How many women are forcibly sterilized during campaigns in 1983 and 1991?

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