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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the family get to the new house in Hong Kong?
(a) By walking.
(b) By Father's large black Cadillac.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By a rickshaw.

5. Who does Adeline talk with after seeing Cook?
(a) Aunt Baba.
(b) Niang.
(c) Father.
(d) Big Sister.

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

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

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

9. Which one of these things is NOT handed out to the class by Adeline's rival, Chen Lei-lei?
(a) Bookmarks.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Dragon eyes.
(d) Beef jerky.

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

11. To whom will Big Sister be married?
(a) Niang's former math teacher.
(b) Dr. Lui, a business associate of her Father's.
(c) Dr. Sung's son, Samuel.
(d) Someone from their church.

12. How does Niang discover Adeline's lie?
(a) Niang calls her school.
(b) Adeline finally confesses the truth.
(c) Wu Chen-mei calls the house looking for her.
(d) Big Sister tells Niang the true story.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Adeline when she leaves her home and is separated from her Aunt Baba?

2. Where does Father and Niang take Adeline?

3. What plans does Niang have for Big Sister?

4. Why does Adeline believe she wins the class presidency?

5. What is the one thing Adeline wishes would come true?

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