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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Adeline supposed to be afraid of?
(a) Being attacked by the nuns in the school.
(b) Being left alone.
(c) Being left behind by her parents.
(d) The Communists coming into Tianjin and persecuting everyone at the school.

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

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

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

7. How does Adeline sneak over to Wu Chun-mei's house?
(a) There is a school holiday and she pretends to go to school, but goes to Wu Chen-mei's house instead.
(b) She skips school.
(c) She feigns sickness and leaves school to go to Wu Chen-mei's house instead.
(d) She sneaks out of the house without Niang seeing her.

8. What do the siblings nickname the room where Little Sister and Fourth Brother live?
(a) Little Holy.
(b) The antechamber.
(c) Hell.
(d) Little Dominion.

9. Who greets her at her door when she returns home?
(a) Niang.
(b) Cook.
(c) Big Sister.
(d) Aunt Baba.

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

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

12. Who is the most popular girl in school for her wealth and brains?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Monica Lim.
(d) Adeline.

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

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

15. What happens to the nicest gifts from Big Sister's wedding?
(a) Niang keeps them for herself.
(b) They are donated to charity.
(c) They are sent back to Tianjin.
(d) Big Sister hides all of them at a friend's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adeline feel after winning the class presidency?

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

3. When do Niang's plans for Big Sister come to light?

4. Why does Wu Chun-mei beg Adeline to come to her house?

5. Who nearly plays a trick on Ye Ye?

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