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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did mothers bind their little girls' feet?
(a) They didn't think women should have feet.
(b) No man would marry a woman with large, unbound feet.
(c) They thought it was better for their health.
(d) They thought women shouldn't walk.

2. What does Adeline's father give her after she gets lost?
(a) A spanking.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A compass.
(d) A map.

3. How far away from Adeline's home is her school in Shanghai?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Five hundred feet away.
(c) A mile away.
(d) A mile and a half.

4. What does Big Brother warn Adeline from?
(a) That Niang is trying to get rid of her.
(b) Trusting Big Sister or telling her anything.
(c) That her food might be poisoned.
(d) That Big Sister is trying to get rid of her.

5. What is the name of Adeline's new school in Shanghai?
(a) Sacred Blessed Souls.
(b) Cardinal Gibbons.
(c) Our Mother of Mary.
(d) Sacred Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adeline react when PLT is killed?

2. What do the children receive for the Chinese New Year?

3. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

4. Which one of these words does NOT describe Adeline's new home in Shanghai?

5. What do the brothers receive for their New Years gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Chinese New Year significant for Adeline and her family?

2. Why does Aunt Baba say that she would like a job?

3. Name Adeline's siblings and their ages at the time of her birth.

4. How were Grandmother Nai Nai's feet bound when she was a small child?

5. Describe the difference in clothing between Adeline and her siblings versus Little Brother and Little Sister's new clothing.

6. Why are Adeline and Wu Chen-mei perfect friends?

7. What does Adeline realize is somehow related to the new hierarchy of her family since Nai Nai's death?

8. How does Nai Nai die?

9. Why does Father give her a map and why is it significant?

10. Why were Nai Nai's feet bound in such a way?

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