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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. An-Mei's mother told her a story of a tear-eating __________________.
(a) Little pond
(b) Turtle
(c) Bird of joy
(d) Popo

2. Rose being "without wood" symbolizes ________________________.
(a) Her
(b) Her weak nature
(c) Her lack of a home
(d) Her lack of furniture

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

4. An-Mei's mother was not always a fourth wife, but was once a _______________________.
(a) First wife of a poor servant
(b) Second wife of a villager
(c) Model in Tientsin
(d) First wife of a scholar

5. Old Mr. Chou is ___________________________________.
(a) A fantasy figure from the world of sleep
(b) An old friend of An-Mei's
(c) A neighbor who tends Rose's garden
(d) A Chinese fortune teller

Short Answer Questions

1. Lindo's mother told her as a child that _________________________________.

2. The grandmother asks the baby to teach her mother how to lose innocence, without losing hope, and _________________________-.

3. In Peking, Lindo paid a Chinese girl to ____________________________.

4. In the mirror, the mother sees ______________________________.

5. Ying-Ying feels that aborting her baby was ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. The fact that June Woo's mother has searched for a lifetime for her two daughters, and then dies before she can see them again, is strongly ironic. How might the story have been different if she had lived to make the trip to China and reunited with her daughters?

2. Does Rose grow in this chapter?

3. Why did An-Mei feel she had no choice but to marry Wu Tsing?

4. Does Ying-Ying love her husband, Saint?

5. Discuss what is meant in this chapter by "double face."

6. Did Lena's mother knock the table over that shattered the vase in her bedroom?

7. What does Jing-Mei's mother mean when she says that everyone else, with the exception of Jing-Mei, wants the best quality? How is Jing-Mei different?

8. Is there a character in this story who might be represented in this parable?

9. What is the lesson the woman is trying to impart, and the question she is wanting to have answered?

10. In this chapter we learn the origin of Bing's name. What is it?

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