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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. What does Little Sister dump all over the floor in defiance of her mother?
(a) Her dinner plate.
(b) Her mother's gift of new jewelry.
(c) The candy dish.
(d) Her new clothes.

2. Who meets them at the airport?
(a) Ye Ye.
(b) Niang's brother Pierre Prosperi.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Niang's former teacher.

3. What is Adeline supposed to be afraid of?
(a) Being left behind by her parents.
(b) Being left alone.
(c) The Communists coming into Tianjin and persecuting everyone at the school.
(d) Being attacked by the nuns in the school.

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

5. What does Little Sister break during the chaos?
(a) Niang's pearl necklace.
(b) Her arm.
(c) Niang's favorite china vase.
(d) The heirloom candy dish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Niang demand from the children in exchange for tram fare?

2. How does Adeline describe her little sister when she arrives in Shanghai?

3. Why are the brothers' haircuts much worse than the sisters'?

4. What happens to the nicest gifts from Big Sister's wedding?

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

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