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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Grandmother Nai Nai in pain at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Her feet were bound as a child, causing her never-ending pain.
(b) She has broken her hip.
(c) She has broken her arm.
(d) She has broken her back.

2. Why is Third Brother not traveling with them?
(a) He has run away.
(b) He has the measles.
(c) He is being sent to military school.
(d) He is not wanted.

3. Which floor is where Father, Niang and her two children have their rooms?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The first floor.
(c) The fourth floor.
(d) The third floor.

4. How did Adeline's mother die?
(a) She was in a car accident shortly after Adeline was born.
(b) She killed herself shortly after Adeline was born.
(c) She came down with a high fever three days after Adeline was born.
(d) She died in childbirth with Adeline.

5. How long after Adeline's mother dies does her father remarry?
(a) Two years.
(b) One month.
(c) Two months.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aunt Baba place treasured items?

2. Which one of these family members does not live with Adeline?

3. Years earlier, which war had China lost?

4. Who does Adeline sit between at the dinner table in her assigned position?

5. How old is Adeline's stepmother, Niang, when she marries Adeline's father?

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