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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: A Birthday Party.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Sister suggest after hearing Third Brother's revelation?
(a) To confront Niang.
(b) To deny everything.
(c) To confront Niang and their Father simultaneously.
(d) To run away.

2. Why did mothers bind their little girls' feet?
(a) They thought women shouldn't walk.
(b) They didn't think women should have feet.
(c) No man would marry a woman with large, unbound feet.
(d) They thought it was better for their health.

3. What does Niang do after overhearing the conspiracy between the siblings?
(a) She calls them all liars in front of their Father that night at dinner.
(b) She sends all of the children away.
(c) She sends Adeline to a convent.
(d) She moves Big Sister to the second floor.

4. How does Adeline sneak over to Wu Chun-mei's house?
(a) She skips school.
(b) She sneaks out of the house without Niang seeing her.
(c) She feigns sickness and leaves school to go to Wu Chen-mei's house instead.
(d) There is a school holiday and she pretends to go to school, but goes to Wu Chen-mei's house instead.

5. Why does Adeline leave her school alone after it is over for the day?
(a) She is too embarrassed to ask for help.
(b) She thinks she can make the walk by herself and rejects her family members.
(c) She wants to prove she is independent.
(d) She fears walking home with Big Sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

2. How long have Father, Niang and Fourth Brother been living in Shanghai before the surprise outing?

3. Where is the train headed?

4. Why does Adeline have to leave?

5. From where does Adeline call home after getting lost after school?

(see the answer key)

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