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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Brother try to teach Adeline to do, but no matter how hard she tries, she fails?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing a complicated tune.
(c) Snap her fingers.
(d) Whistle.

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

3. How old was Grandmother Nai Nai when her feet were bound?
(a) A newborn.
(b) Four years old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Six years old.

4. Niang is half Chinese and half __________.
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Italian.

5. What does Aunt Baba notice about Adeline as soon as she gets home from school?
(a) She has torn her dress, which will infuriate her stepmother.
(b) She has a silver medal dangling from her uniform.
(c) She has gotten into a fight.
(d) She cut her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Adeline as she is eating her fruit?

2. How did Adeline's mother die?

3. How long has Adeline been in school at the start of Chapter 1?

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

5. Why did mothers bind their little girls' feet?

(see the answer key)

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