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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many fruit pieces does Adeline receive?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

5. Why does Adeline's relationship with PLT startle Aunt Baba?
(a) She ignores the duckling completely.
(b) She allows the duckling in the house.
(c) Adeline talks to it as if it were her baby sister.
(d) She worries for the duckling's safety.

6. Why does Big Brother choose PLT over the other ducklings?
(a) Because it was the smallest.
(b) Because Adeline is the least likely to give him trouble afterwards.
(c) Because it was the fastest.
(d) Because he hates Adeline.

7. What does Adeline do that Niang says she will never forgive her for?
(a) For not yelling along with the other family members.
(b) For asking Niang to stop hitting Little Sister.
(c) For laughing when the item broke.
(d) For not preventing the break.

8. Which of these adjectives does NOT describe Big Sister and Adeline's haircuts?
(a) Long.
(b) Straight.
(c) Old-fashioned.
(d) Short.

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

10. What does Third Brother tell his siblings about Niang?
(a) That she favors him above the others.
(b) That she is crippled.
(c) That she overheard their entire plan to write the letter to Father.
(d) That she is having an affair.

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

12. Who takes Adeline to school on her first day?
(a) The chaffeuer.
(b) Aunt Baba.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Cook.

13. Why are the brothers' haircuts much worse than the sisters'?
(a) They have to wear it in the military style.
(b) They are forced to have long, curly locks.
(c) They are forced to grow a ponytail.
(d) They are shaved bald in the style of Buddhist Monks.

14. What color are Niang's nails when she points at Adeline, threatening to never forgive her for her arrogance?
(a) Unpainted.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Hot pink.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills PLT?

2. Where does Aunt Baba place treasured items?

3. What is next to Adeline's school?

4. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

5. Niang is half Chinese and half __________.

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