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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joseph obtain in order to begin to import cars and trucks into the country?
(a) A new home.
(b) A tax license.
(c) A business permit.
(d) Import license.

2. In what city do Anna and her husband live, close to her family?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Culver City.
(c) South Pasadena.
(d) Laguna Beach.

3. What business has Joseph sold so that he could move to Bunker Hill in Los Angeles?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Import.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Paper.

4. Genevieve learns that Joseph will arrive in _________ in mid-December after the conflict is over.
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

5. Who refuses to leave Hong Kong, which causes him to be arrested?
(a) William Masters.
(b) Chung Do.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Mei Wah.

6. What is the color of the Cheongsam that Genevieve wears to the party?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

7. Who thinks and worries about Joseph constantly, which is not something she had anticipated?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Mary.
(c) Anna.
(d) Gran.

8. What does Joseph do for the family in order to help them out with their home?
(a) Painting.
(b) Furniture moving.
(c) Decorating.
(d) Landscaping.

9. Joseph begins to spend a lot of time at the ________ learning about the news and what has been happening in the world.
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Library.
(c) College.
(d) Train station.

10. Where does Joseph find the items that he has hidden before the war?
(a) In a closet.
(b) In his office.
(c) Nowhere. They are gone.
(d) In a package with his name on it.

11. What office has frozen the assets of Joseph, according to the book?
(a) Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Immigration.
(c) Army.
(d) Office of Price Administration.

12. Where does Anna's mother eventually die after being hospitalized several more times?
(a) Anna's home.
(b) Hospice.
(c) Church.
(d) Home.

13. When Anna graduates _________, her family takes her out to a famous Hollywood restaurant.
(a) Grammar school.
(b) Junior high.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

14. Joseph sees a group of ________ loading packages onto a freighter and wonders if this is the process of gold being moved.
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Stoogies.
(d) Coolies.

15. Anna currently attends the University of __________ at Los Angeles at the time of the article.
(a) California.
(b) San Diego.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph ends up telling Anna that Shanghai is not a __________ for a little girl.

2. The women see Joseph eating at the restaurant with a Chinese ____________.

3. Who becomes more talkative and more open as time goes on?

4. Where do Genevieve and Anna live for a month before Anna learns they are moving to Hungjoa?

5. What does Anna learn about Joseph's work when he is not with the family?

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