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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) Ye Ye's room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The backyard.
(d) The Holy of Holies.

2. Which one of these people is not on the journey to Hong Kong?
(a) Victor.
(b) Niang.
(c) Aunt Reine.
(d) Claudine.

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

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

5. Why does a classmate mysteriously assign her egg to Adeline?
(a) She wants to be Adeline's friend.
(b) She feels bad for her.
(c) She wants to make Adeline sick.
(d) Her mother sends them to her and she hates eating them, so she gave it to Adeline instead.

6. How old is Adeline when she leaves her home and is separated from her Aunt Baba?
(a) Fifteen years old.
(b) Eight years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Thirteen years old.

7. What happens to the other students at St. Joseph's?
(a) They are kidnapped by the Communists.
(b) They escape the Communists and leave Tianjin.
(c) They run away from the school.
(d) They are imprisoned by the Communists.

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

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

10. What does Adeline do during a reading of King Lear in class?
(a) She screams and runs out of the room.
(b) She plugs her ears and begins to hum.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She bursts out crying.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sleeps in the bed next to Adeline at her new location?

2. What surprise does Adeline make in her speech?

3. What is the name of the ship they are sailing on?

4. Who is the first person at home who Adeline tells of her victory?

5. What does Niang find in her pocket when she returns?

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