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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gives Adeline and her siblings money for school initially?
(a) Father.
(b) Aunt Reine.
(c) Ye Ye.
(d) Cook

3. How does Niang react when her daughter breaks the item?
(a) She sends Little Sister to her room.
(b) She starts to slap and hit her daughter violently.
(c) She calmly picks up the pieces and walks away.
(d) She tells Aunt Baba that it is all her fault.

4. How old is Adeline's stepmother, Niang, when she marries Adeline's father?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seventeen.

5. What is next to Adeline's school?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) Big Sister's school.
(c) A fish market.
(d) A convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Adeline and her family live at the start of the novel?

2. How long after Adeline's mother dies does her father remarry?

3. Why is Grandmother Nai Nai in pain at the start of Chapter 3?

4. How does Second Brother react to Adeline's medal?

5. Who does Niang favor among her stepchildren?

(see the answer key)

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