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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have bound feet been a tradition in China?
(a) For two hundred years.
(b) For over a thousand years.
(c) For a hundred years.
(d) For twenty years.

2. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline and her siblings after Nai Nai's death?
(a) To a boarding school.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the railroad station.
(d) To a convent.

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

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

5. From where does Adeline call home after getting lost after school?
(a) A glass shop.
(b) A friend's home.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A restaurant.

6. Years earlier, which war had China lost?
(a) The Opium War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Indian-Chinese war.
(d) World War II.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which one of these words does NOT describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai?
(a) Polished.
(b) Formal.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Ornate.

13. What does Aunt Baba request from Father and Niang?
(a) To leave Shanghai.
(b) To go to work as a bank teller.
(c) To get a new wardrobe.
(d) To get married.

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

15. 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 a smaller version of Niang, holding her head high and walking slowly
(d) Like an awkward toddler, racing from one place to another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Huangs bring the children?

2. How much younger is Niang than Adeline's father?

3. How old was Grandmother Nai Nai when her feet were bound?

4. What does Niang do after overhearing the conspiracy between the siblings?

5. How far away from Adeline's home is her school in Shanghai?

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