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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Adeline brought to when her friends are downstairs?
(a) The backyard.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Ye Ye's room.
(d) The Holy of Holies.

2. Where is Adeline when she overhears Niang and Grand Aunt talking?
(a) In the bathroom.
(b) Hiding under a large chair.
(c) Hiding under the table.
(d) Hiding behind a potted plant.

3. 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) French.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. What is the one thing Adeline wishes would come true?
(a) To never return to her family again.
(b) To escape to America.
(c) To speak English as well as an American.
(d) To have a letter addressed to her, from anyone.

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

6. What does Big Sister do to keep her gift from Grand Aunt?
(a) She claims to lose it.
(b) She hands it to her future husband as a promise gift.
(c) She admits keeping the gift at Aunt Baba's insistence and hiding it from Niang.
(d) She buries it in the backyard.

7. What plans does Niang have for Big Sister?
(a) To become a famous doctor.
(b) To marry her to a much older man.
(c) To have to escape to America.
(d) To have her take care of her in her old age.

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

9. What does Ye Ye want from Adeline?
(a) To confront Niang about her cruelty.
(b) To pay back the money he gave her.
(c) A foot massage.
(d) To grow up differently from Big Sister.

10. What book is Adeline reading when she is surprised by her classmate and her mother in the library?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hamlet.

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

12. Where does Father and Niang take Adeline?
(a) Tianjin.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Bejing.

13. Of the 1200 students at Sacred Heart, how many are boarders?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Two hundred.

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

15. What does Adeline wish with all her heart as she stays in her room?
(a) That she had never returned home.
(b) That she could run away.
(c) That she would be Jackie and Jackie would be her.
(d) That she would be adopted by Wu Chen-mei's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nearly plays a trick on Ye Ye?

2. Why is Adeline suddenly panic-stricken when Ah Sun knocks on her door?

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

4. With which book are the children most fascinated?

5. What is Adeline's favorite part of the ship?

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