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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Waverly Jong, "Rules of the Game".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Auntie had a tongue "like hungry scissors _________________________.
(a) eating silk cloth."
(b) cutting a colorless winter melon."
(c) cutting my confidence."
(d) tearing at the heart."

2. The swan represents to the old woman ____________________________.
(a) The beauty of nature
(b) Flight to a new land
(c) Freedom and a new life
(d) All of her treasures and values

3. Lindo's mother-in-law _______________________________.
(a) Taught Lindo to be a good housewife
(b) Isolated Lindo throughout her childhood
(c) Raised Lindo as her own child
(d) Helped Lindo learn to read

4. Amah is Ying-Ying's ___________.
(a) Nursemaid
(b) Mother
(c) Sister
(d) Aunt

5. The woman's plans for the swan involve _________________________________.
(a) Feasting on it when she reaches America
(b) Keeping it alive for good luck
(c) Keeping it in America as a sacred pet
(d) Giving the swan to her daughter

Short Answer Questions

1. Waverly's anger toward her mother is because ________________________.

2. An-Mei's mother shows up ___________________________.

3. How did Ying-Ying end up in the water?

4. Waverly's mother pretending to understand chess is ____________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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