2. Why is Adeline suddenly panic-stricken when Ah Sun knocks on her door?
(a) She warns Adeline that Niang has discovered that she won the class presidency.
(b) Ah Sun warns her that Niang is about to take her out of school and send her far away.
(c) Her friends from school are downstairs asking for her and Niang and her Father are home.
(d) There has been an accident with her Father.

3. What does Fourth Brother do while Adeline is stuck in her room?
(a) Slips her notes of encouragement under the door.
(b) Taunts her outside her door.
(c) Laughs and eats her piece of cake as she watches.
(d) Feeds leftovers from his afternoon tea to Jackie.

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

5. Who greets Adeline when she awakens?
(a) Aunt Baba.
(b) Father.
(c) Nancy Chen and her mother.
(d) Niang.

6. What fills Adeline with dread?
(a) That Big Sister might have children.
(b) That Big Sister will be leaving.
(c) The idea of being forced into an arranged marriage.
(d) The idea of marrying someone.

7. Who nearly plays a trick on Ye Ye?
(a) Little Sister.
(b) Second Brother.
(c) Third Brother.
(d) Fourth Brother.

8. What surprise does Adeline make in her speech?
(a) That she comes from an abusive, broken family.
(b) That she refuses to lead her class.
(c) That Wu Chen-mei should really be the president.
(d) That her mother is dead.

9. How old is Big Sister when she is married?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

10. Who is the most popular girl in school for her wealth and brains?
(a) Adeline.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Monica Lim.

11. Where do the Shillings travel after they leave Hong Kong?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Austria.
(d) Mumbai.

12. Which of these languages is not one of the three languages Ye Ye predicts will be left when all the world languages are distilled into just three?
(a) Chinese.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

13. What does Adeline give Wu Chen-mei before she leaves?
(a) A small paper bird.
(b) A poem.
(c) A hug.
(d) Her phone number.

14. What does Niang find in her pocket when she returns?
(a) The silver coin from Aunt Baba.
(b) A new book.
(c) A new doll.
(d) A piece of birthday cake.

15. With which book are the children most fascinated?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) Alice in Wonderland.
(c) Sinbad the Sailor.
(d) The paper cuts book given to Adeline by Mother Marie.