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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. In Chapter 3, what did Qian drop and break when she helped her mother with grocery shopping for the first time after her father left?
(a) Soy sauce and eggs.
(b) Eggs and milk.
(c) Vinegar and eggs.
(d) Fish sauce and eggs.

2. When Qian's father found a TV by trash bags that he brought home, what was Qian's favorite show?
(a) Wishbone.
(b) The Puzzle Place.
(c) Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
(d) Reading Rainbow.

3. What color dress does a girl wear who has to change desks because of Qian in Chapter 6?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. In Chapter 6, when did Qian get put back in a regular classroom?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) October.

5. How did Qian describe the landlady in Chapter 4?
(a) Black.
(b) Puerto Rican.
(c) Cantonese.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the clients at Qian's father's office bring her when she went there after school in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 7, how long did it take Qian's family to make their Sunday dinner?

3. What was Qian's father's English name?

4. What law school did Qian attend?

5. Where did Qian and her mother land in Chapter 2 for their first connection to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Qian discover Chatham Square?

2. Why did Qian love libraries and books?

3. What job did Qian's father get in Chapter 8?

4. What did Qian and her mother do for Christmas?

5. Who was assigned to help Qian in school in Chapter 6, and what did the girl tell her at lunchtime?

6. Where did Qian and her parents live in Chapter 4?

7. In Chapter 6, when and why did Qian stop believing her father?

8. How did Qian and her mother get a visa to see Qian's father in America?

9. How did Qian become vindictive in Chapter 7?

10. What does Qian say about arriving in the United States and her life there in "How It Began"?

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