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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. What begins to return to normal after the Japanese take over in Shanghai?
(a) Life.
(b) Anna's fever.
(c) Nothing.
(d) School.

2. What continues to be held in Cerecle Sportif in the city, oblivious to the events going on around it?
(a) Graduation.
(b) Sweet sixteen party.
(c) Funeral.
(d) Wedding.

3. The American Club becomes the Japanese _________ Headquarters, according to the story's details.
(a) Army.
(b) Government.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Naval.

4. Though the family is wealthy, they only have ________ live-in servants, according to the story's description.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. What is the name of the family's favorite eating place where Joseph takes Anna?
(a) Jimmy's.
(b) Billy's.
(c) Joe's.
(d) Don's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the better quarters in which Joseph and the other leaders are housed?

2. What is the time of the new curfew, which is one of the biggest changes in the city, according to the book?

3. What is the birthday gift that Anna receives when she turns seven-years-old, just as she had wanted?

4. What city in China falls on July 28, 1937, according to the book's description?

5. What does Anna find in the closet when she goes off to explore, bored with drawing maps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the United States government tell Americans in Shanghai to do when things become more violent?

2. What does Joseph do in his office once he realizes that he might be in danger with this new political climate?

3. Why does Gran tell Anna that things will get better, after Anna and her mother have moved to California?

4. What happens when Anna and Joseph go to meet up with the servant, Mei Wah, in front of the hotel?

5. What does Genevieve do on Anna's seventh birthday, as described in this section of the book?

6. What does Joseph feel about his money making opportunities outside of Shanghai?

7. Why does Genevieve tell Mei Wah to take Anna home during their shopping trip?

8. What happens to the city after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on December 8?

9. What is the only difference between life before and life after the Japanese takeover Shanghai?

10. What do the men attempt to do in order to help the internees have what they need?

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