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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. How many dumplings does Qian's mother remember that Qian ate when she had a competition with Lao Ye to see who could eat the most?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

2. How many steps did Qian remember climbing on Sunday nights to make a call to her father?
(a) 51.
(b) 34.
(c) 18.
(d) 29.

3. What was Qian's father's English name?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Luther.
(d) Richard.

4. In Chapter 7, how long did it take Qian's family to make their Sunday dinner?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 2 1/2 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

5. Why was Qian's grandmother confined to bed in the later visits Qian remembered?
(a) She had ALS.
(b) She broke her hip.
(c) She had a stroke.
(d) She had a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Qian's father's boss in Chapter 8 go to law school?

2. When Qian and her family flew to America, how many days before was her seventh birthday?

3. Where did Qian's father take her on her first day of school in America?

4. On Qian's first day of school in Chapter 6, where did her father say that he would take her?

5. How old was Qian's mother when she published two textbooks on mathematics and computer science?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Qian and her mother get off the plane in Japan?

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

3. Why did Qian love libraries and books?

4. What did Qian's mother suffer from when traveling, and when was her sickness particularly bad?

5. How would Qian and her mother make phone calls to Qian's father when he was in the United States?

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

7. What did Qian buy for a secret Santa gift in Chapter 9, and how was it received?

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

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

10. What did Qian's parents do for her when she had chickenpox?

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