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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Parable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Waverly has an ignorant fear of Jing-mei's hairdresser _______________________________.
(a) Because she fears for her daughter
(b) Because he is gay
(c) Because he works on Howard Street
(d) Because he is reckless

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

3. Suyuan Woo compares Waverly to a crab, saying she _________________________________________.
(a) Is always moving sideways and crooked
(b) She is without feelings, like the crab
(c) She is missing something, like the crab's leg
(d) Her claws are sharp but slow, like the crab

4. Jing-mei's job is that of a _____________________.
(a) Tax attorney
(b) Copywriter
(c) Accountant
(d) Architect

5. The woman's feels her daughter __________________.
(a) Has no sorrows
(b) Has no affection
(c) Has no values
(d) Has no insight

Short Answer Questions

1. Lindo was able to convince her in-laws to end her marriage by ______________________________.

2. At lunch together, Waverly's mother _____________________________________.

3. The vase that breaks in the bedroom symbolizes _____________________________.

4. When Ying-Ying got dirty with turtle blood, Amah was afraid Ying-Ying's mother would _______________________________.

5. Jing-mei's piano recital was ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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