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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Winnie feed to Pearl when she visits in Chapter 5?
(a) Noodle soup with turnips and pork.
(b) Rice.
(c) Tuna sandwich.
(d) Lobster.

2. What name do Peanut and Winnie use for each other right before Winnie is married?
(a) Sugar sisters.
(b) Annoying pests.
(c) Enemies.
(d) La-sa.

3. Who does Winnie give her sewing machine to as she leaves Nanking?
(a) Hulan.
(b) Wan Betty.
(c) The servant.
(d) Mr. Ma.

4. Where was Winnie's mother educated?
(a) At home by tutors.
(b) Boarding school in Hong Kong.
(c) Public school.
(d) A missionary school.

5. In Chapter 6, what is Winnie's task on New Year's day?
(a) To mend the family's clothes.
(b) To wash all the dishes.
(c) To tend the animals.
(d) To sweep the courtyard.

6. How much money does Peanut say she expects to receive from her future family?
(a) Two thousand yuan.
(b) At least forty thousand yuan.
(c) Sixty thousand yuan.
(d) One hundred thousand yuan.

7. Who is Pearl's least favorite cousin?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Kina.
(c) Michael.
(d) Mary.

8. How old was Winnie when her mother disappeared?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Just a baby.
(d) Ten.

9. Who is videotaping Auntie Du's funeral?
(a) Louis.
(b) Roger.
(c) Uncle Henry.
(d) Michael.

10. At Auntie Du's funeral, what are Phil and Pearl given when they first enter?
(a) Quilt pieces.
(b) Parking stub.
(c) Black armbands.
(d) Programs.

11. Who delivers Peanut's letters to Wen Fu?
(a) The Postal Service.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Winnie.
(d) Fed-Ex.

12. Who steals a pedicab after the Japanese drop leaflets in the market of Nanking?
(a) Wen Fu.
(b) Jiaguo.
(c) Hulan.
(d) Winnie.

13. Who takes Tessa and Cleo out of the funeral parlor?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Uncle Henry.
(c) Phil.
(d) Pearl.

14. What does Winnie have above her eye that a fortune teller says can make everything she sees turn black?
(a) Her bangs.
(b) A cyst.
(c) A mole.
(d) A speck of dirt.

15. What does Winnie say she acted like when she was newly married?
(a) A foolish young girl.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Winnie want to take her sweater off after church services in Chapter 3?

2. How long do Winnie and Helen eat Auntie Du's funeral leftovers?

3. What color was Winnie's mother's hair?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Aunt Helen say she is dying from?

5. Why doesn't Winnie want to forget the past?

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