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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Rose Hsu Jordan, "Without Wood".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mah Jong is __________________.
(a) Fortune telling
(b) A word game
(c) A poker game
(d) A board game

2. Jing-mei shocked the anger out of her mother by _______________________________________.
(a) Telling her she wished she were not her mother
(b) Making reference to the dead twins
(c) Refusing to practice on the piano
(d) Telling her she was no genius

3. The old woman who buys a swan eventually _____________________________.
(a) Eats the swan to survive
(b) Takes the swan to America
(c) Gives the swan to her daughter
(d) Takes the swan back to China

4. Waverly was named after ____________________________.
(a) The boat her family came to America in
(b) The street where she lived
(c) The local department store
(d) The local pastry bakery

5. In addition to strategy, Waverly learns the finer points of ___________________________.
(a) Choosing her adversaries
(b) Choosing presents wisely
(c) Being humble around men
(d) Chess etiquette

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ying-Ying's rescuers determine she was not a beggar?

2. Why did Lena feel she caused Arnold's death?

3. The event that clouds An-Mei's early memory of her mother was _________________________________________________.

4. Jing Mei is afraid that if she does not find the prodigy in herself she will _________________________-.

5. How did Jing-mei justify her defiance of her mother?

(see the answer key)

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