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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Boarding School in Tianjin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets Adeline when she awakens?
(a) Nancy Chen and her mother.
(b) Niang.
(c) Father.
(d) Aunt Baba.

2. What does Big Sister do to keep her gift from Grand Aunt?
(a) She admits keeping the gift at Aunt Baba's insistence and hiding it from Niang.
(b) She hands it to her future husband as a promise gift.
(c) She claims to lose it.
(d) She buries it in the backyard.

3. What does Aunt Baba request from Father and Niang?
(a) To get a new wardrobe.
(b) To go to work as a bank teller.
(c) To get married.
(d) To leave Shanghai.

4. Why is Adeline put in classes with younger students?
(a) To punish her.
(b) She is not as smart as the other girls.
(c) She cannot speak English very well.
(d) Because the older girls are cruel to her.

5. What plans does Niang have for Big Sister?
(a) To have her take care of her in her old age.
(b) To marry her to a much older man.
(c) To become a famous doctor.
(d) To have to escape to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Sister receive from her Grand Aunt?

2. Who is the only person who cannot give in to beg for tram fare from Niang?

3. How does Niang react when her daughter breaks the item?

4. Who sleeps in the bed next to Adeline at her new location?

5. Where is Adeline dropped off?

(see the answer key)

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