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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: Class President.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the brothers receive for their New Years gift?
(a) New eyeglasses.
(b) School books.
(c) Identical, loose-fitting long Chinese gowns.
(d) New shoes.

4. How many people attend Big Sister's wedding?
(a) Three hundred.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) One hundred.

5. What makes Father and Niang immediately angry in relation to the children's school?
(a) The school has kicked the children out.
(b) They need new uniforms.
(c) Ye Ye has been giving them tram fare without their knowledge so they wouldn't have to walk every day.
(d) The school has increased its tuition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the siblings nickname the room where Little Sister and Fourth Brother live?

2. What do the other adults do when Niang reacts to her daughter?

3. What is the name of the dog that greets the children and what type of dog is he?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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