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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wu Chun-mei beg Adeline to come to her house?
(a) She wants her to run away from her house.
(b) She has never had a friend over before and wants Adeline to be the first one.
(c) She is having a birthday party.
(d) She wants to give Adeline her old clothes.

2. How does the family decide which child will sleep on the cot?
(a) They draw lots.
(b) They play rocks, paper, scissors.
(c) They let the oldest child, Victor, have it.
(d) They give it to the boy, Victor.

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

4. Where does Ye Ye go every morning at eight o'clock?
(a) To Adeline's room to wake her up.
(b) To prayer.
(c) To the living room to read the newspapers.
(d) To the local restaurant for breakfast with his friend.

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

6. Who discovers that Niang learns about the gift that Big Sister is hiding from her?
(a) Aunt Baba.
(b) Little Sister.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Adeline.

7. Who does Adeline eat dinner with on Christmas Day?
(a) Nancy Chen.
(b) Aunt Baba.
(c) Mother Natalie.
(d) No one.

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

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

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

11. What animal is Wu Chen-mei about to receive?
(a) A pug.
(b) A fish.
(c) A bird.
(d) A duckling.

12. 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) Her friends from school are downstairs asking for her and Niang and her Father are home.
(c) There has been an accident with her Father.
(d) Ah Sun warns her that Niang is about to take her out of school and send her far away.

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

14. Hong Kong is a ______ colony at the time Adeline lives there.
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Japanese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom will Big Sister be married?

2. Where is Adeline dropped off?

3. What does Adeline do during a reading of King Lear in class?

4. Where is Adeline dropped off by Niang and Fourth Brother?

5. What does Big Sister do to keep her gift from Grand Aunt?

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