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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What character does Mark name as his ideal father?

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

4. Which of these is NOT mentioned as a place where babies are abandoned?

5. Who does Karin visit far up the Nathan Road?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kelly's reaction to the film "Stuart Little"?

2. What does Karin fear about her daughter's future trip to China to search for her roots?

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

4. Why are the baiji in danger?

5. What recent announcement about adoption has been made by President Clinton as Evans is writing her book?

6. What is Qigong?

7. What are some of the circumstances that have created such a large amount of Chinese baby girls in orphanages?

8. Describe some of the initial policies used by the Chinese government to reduce the birthrate.

9. Why does Evans praise the Chinese state for its adoption program?

10. At the time Karin and Mark are adopting, what is the state of Chinese women's reproductive lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the Chinese story "The Lost Mare" relate to Karin and Mark's adoption process? What other "signs" does Karin see as being related to her situation?

Essay Topic 2

Describe China's "one-child policy." Why does it start? Is that an accurate name? How is it enforced?

Essay Topic 3

What is ironic about the packing that Karin and Mark do for their trip to China? Why? How does she feel about it?

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