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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. When Qian and her family flew to America, how many days before was her seventh birthday?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

2. What did Qian's father teach in China?
(a) Chinese history.
(b) English literature.
(c) French literature.
(d) English history.

3. When Qian would ask questions her teachers said were unnecessary, how many times would she have to write that she was sorry?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

4. What did Qian score on her first spelling test in Chapter 6?
(a) 41%.
(b) 28%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 33%.

5. What did Qian's mother teach in China?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Math.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Qian's father found a TV by trash bags that he brought home, what was Qian's favorite show?

2. What color dress does a girl wear who has to change desks because of Qian in Chapter 6?

3. What law school did Qian attend?

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

5. How did Qian describe the landlady in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Qian become vindictive in Chapter 7?

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

3. What is Qian's father's earliest memory?

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

5. What was it like working for Qian's mother working at the sushi-processing plant?

6. What happened the first time that Qian and her mother went grocery shopping after her father left?

7. In Chapter 5, what jobs did Qian and her mother get?

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

9. How did Qian discover Chatham Square?

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

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