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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Adeline's family call her?
(a) Ade Me Wui
(b) Wu Mei
(c) Mu Wei
(d) Adi We Mui

3. What changes about Big Sister after her move?
(a) She stops eating and loses weight drastically.
(b) She often races back up to be with her siblings.
(c) She becomes best friends with Miss Chien and Niang.
(d) She never stops crying.

4. 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.

5. How long have Father, Niang and Fourth Brother been living in Shanghai before the surprise outing?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three years.

6. Who does Adeline sit between at the dinner table in her assigned position?
(a) Third Brother and Big Sister.
(b) Third Brother and Fourth Brother.
(c) Second Brother and Third Brother.
(d) Big Sister and Little Sister.

7. What does Big Brother warn Adeline from?
(a) Trusting Big Sister or telling her anything.
(b) That her food might be poisoned.
(c) That Niang is trying to get rid of her.
(d) That Big Sister is trying to get rid of her.

8. Where does Aunt Baba place treasured items?
(a) In a secret compartment in the closet.
(b) Under her mattress.
(c) In her safe-deposit box.
(d) Behind a clock on the wall.

9. Who helps Adeline to bury PLT?
(a) Big Sister.
(b) Aunt Baba.
(c) Niang.
(d) Third Brother.

10. Why does Adeline not like to sit next to Second Brother?
(a) He kicks and bites her when no one is looking.
(b) He steals her food when no one is looking and says mean things to her.
(c) He pinches her constantly under the table.
(d) He has horrible breath.

11. How does Adeline describe her little sister when she arrives in Shanghai?
(a) Like an annoying pest, spoiled to the core.
(b) Like a big doll with large, round eyes and chubby pink cheeks.
(c) Like an awkward toddler, racing from one place to another.
(d) Like a smaller version of Niang, holding her head high and walking slowly

12. How many children does Niang have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

13. Who picks Adeline up from school after her first day?
(a) No one.
(b) Niang.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Second Brother.

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

15. What do the other adults do when Niang reacts to her daughter?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Scream at Niang.
(c) Yell at Little Sister.
(d) Walk out of the room.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have bound feet been a tradition in China?

2. What does Big Brother try to teach Adeline to do, but no matter how hard she tries, she fails?

3. Which one of these words does NOT describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai?

4. How many other siblings does Adeline have at the time of her mother's death?

5. What does Adeline do that Niang says she will never forgive her for?

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