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

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

3. Where did Qian's mother get a job in Chapter 8?
(a) Tailor shop.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Sushi-processing plant.
(d) Restaurant.

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

5. In Chapter 4, where did Qian and her family live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 8, why did Qian's mother leave a job busing tables?

3. When Qian and her mother went to America, what did they put on their suitcases to identify them?

4. 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?

5. Where did Qian's father say he worked before she and her mother came to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Qian get transferred back to her first classroom when she was moved to a classroom for special needs children?

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

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

10. How did Qian discover Chatham Square?

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