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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?
(a) "Treasured one."
(b) "Extra mouth."
(c) "Not a boy."
(d) "Bring a little brother."

2. Which of these is NOT an interpretation of Kelly's given Chinese name?
(a) Little Jade.
(b) Slight Change.
(c) Little Flower.
(d) Little Education.

3. What is a "hukou"?
(a) A residence registration card.
(b) A marriage license.
(c) A birth permission paper.
(d) An adoption decree.

4. After a baby is born, what do rural Chinese people bury outside the home if it is a girl, and inside if it is a boy?
(a) An offering to the gods.
(b) The placenta.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) The umbilical cord.

5. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) A changing table.
(c) A makeshift crib.
(d) An electric fan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?

2. Of what TV show does Mark say the "soy or milk" formula debate reminds him?

3. How many Chinese girls are flown into the United States every month?

4. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?

5. How old is the child that will be Karin and Mark's daughter when they receive their referral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What unintended consequence could China's single-child policy have as the first generation of only children grows up?

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

3. Describe the official paperwork Chinese babies who are adopted receive from the Chinese government.

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

5. Describe the experience Mark and Karin had at the local dog pound.

6. Why do Karin and Mark want to adopt a child?

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

8. How does Karin's view of parenthood differ from Jill Ker Conway's?

9. Why are the baiji in danger?

10. What do the families have to do on Shamian Island?

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