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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. Who does Cheuh-min stay with when he runs away to avoid his arranged marriage?
(a) Mrs. Chang.
(b) A friend from the magazine.
(c) Mei.
(d) A school friend.

2. What does Chin give to Cheuh-hui to take to Cheuh-min?
(a) A letter.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) A fan.
(d) A photo of her.

3. Who is the first person Cheuh-hui goes to see after he visits his ill grandfather?
(a) Madame Chou.
(b) Cheuh-min.
(c) Cheuh-hsin.
(d) Chin.

4. What do the women think will happen to Master Kao's corpse if Jui-cheuh has her baby in their home?
(a) The baby will be born a girl.
(b) Her blood will attack his body.
(c) The child she bears will be cursed.
(d) Jui-cheuh will be struck with illness.

5. What is the name of the literary character the Chin is trying to be like?
(a) Naomi.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Nora.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member stumbles upon Mei and Cheuh-hsin in the garden?

2. What does everyone seem to be thinking about as they hear the fighting outside the Kao compound?

3. Why do they not let Cheuh-hsin into the room when Jui-cheuh is giving birth?

4. Why do Mrs. Chang, Chin, and Mei come to the Kao compound the day after the fighting starts?

5. What is one thing that the family does to try and cure Master Kao from his illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Cheuh-hsin and Mei talk about while in the garden at the Kao compound?

2. Because of their fear of the curse, what to the women pressure Cheuh-hsin to do and how does his wife feel about this?

3. What does Jui-cheuh share with Mei in Chapter 22?

4. What is the entertainment like at Master Kao's birthday and how to the two youngest brothers feel about it?

5. How does the family feel the night that fighting breaks out around the city?

6. What is the general response to the death of Master Kao?

7. What role does Cheuh-hui play in Cheuh-min's hiding?

8. How does Master Kao respond to Ke-ting's misdeeds?

9. What happens when news of the looting comes to the Kao compound?

10. What are Master Kao's last dying words to his grandsons?

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