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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Adeline have to leave?
(a) She is embarrassed that she did not bring a gift.
(b) She is expected home at lunchtime.
(c) She has ripped her dress.
(d) She doesn't want to eat the cake.

2. Where is Adeline dropped off?
(a) At an orphanage in Beijing.
(b) At an orphanage in Hong Kong.
(c) At St. Joseph's in Tianjin.
(d) At St. Joseph's in Shanghai.

3. Why is the next school day very special?
(a) It is an election day for class president.
(b) It is the Chinese New Year.
(c) It is a school holiday.
(d) It is Adeline's birthday.

4. What two things does Father forget about Adeline?
(a) Her favorite pet and her birthday.
(b) Her birthday and her age.
(c) Her Chinese name and her birthday.
(d) Her favorite pet and her Chinese name.

5. Why is their election unusual?
(a) They are permitted to elect their president democratically as in the United States of America.
(b) They will only allow a girl to win.
(c) They are only allowed to have an election once every five years.
(d) It is the first year they have permitted a class president.

6. Who meets them at the airport?
(a) Niang's former teacher.
(b) Niang's brother Pierre Prosperi.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Ye Ye.

7. Why does Adeline believe she wins the class presidency?
(a) Because the other rival is too unorganized.
(b) Because Wu Chun-mei pays the other girls to vote for Adeline.
(c) Due to Wu Chun-mei's popularity.
(d) Because the other rival quit.

8. When do Niang's plans for Big Sister come to light?
(a) On Big Sister's birthday.
(b) On her future husband's birthday.
(c) On Adeline's birthday.
(d) Chinese New Year 1948.

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

10. What is the name of the ship they are sailing on?
(a) China Star.
(b) Evening Sun.
(c) Evening Star.
(d) China Hope.

11. What is Adeline's favorite part of the ship?
(a) Their cabin.
(b) The dining room with all the delicious food choices.
(c) The sun-filled deck.
(d) The library.

12. Which board game do the children play while traveling?
(a) Life.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Backgammon.
(d) Monopoly.

13. What does Father tell her when he returns home?
(a) That she can return to Wu Chen-mei's house.
(b) That she and Aunt Baba will have to be separated.
(c) That she is worthless.
(d) That she is no longer allowed in their home.

14. What food does Adeline long for, but rejects as a mistake when she receives it?
(a) A croissant.
(b) A piece of French toast.
(c) An apple.
(d) An egg.

15. In addition to being president, what else will the winner be?
(a) The most wealthy girl in school.
(b) In charge of all the school holidays.
(c) The head girl of the entire school.
(d) The smartest girl in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pact do Adeline and her two friends make to each other?

2. 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?

3. Who does Adeline talk with after seeing Cook?

4. Who is the only person to greet Adeline?

5. Which one of these things is NOT handed out to the class by Adeline's rival, Chen Lei-lei?

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