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How Much Do You Know About Adoption?

By Chris Woolston
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

Millions of Americans have considered adopting a child, and small wonder. For many people, adoption is the ideal way -- and possibly the only way -- to make a family grow. If you're thinking about adopting a child, either from the United States or abroad, you need to learn everything you can about the process. Why not take a short quiz to find out how much you already know?


1. You have to be married to adopt a child.

True
False

2. It's almost impossible to adopt an infant.

True
False

3. Adopting older children is a time-consuming, expensive process.

True
False

4. If you want to adopt an infant, you can usually save a lot of money by finding a birth parent on your own.

True
False

5. In the United States, many adoptive parents are already related to the child.

True
False

6. Which of the following automatically disqualifies a person from being able to adopt?

a. Age over 40
b. Disabilities or serious illnesses
c. Family income under $30,000 a year
d. Being single
e. None of the above

7. Most foreign countries have complex bureaucracies that make foreign adoptions next to impossible.

True
False



First published Dec 19, 2002


Last updated Jun 05, 2008


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