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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 does Adeline realize that she is all alone and no one is looking out for her?
(a) She has no friends in the new city.
(b) Her Aunt Baba warns her of this.
(c) Her father tells her this.
(d) No one realized she hadn't returned home from school.

2. Which one of these family members does not live with Adeline?
(a) Aunt Reine.
(b) Grandfather Ye Ye.
(c) Grandmother Nai Nai.
(d) Aunt Baba.

3. Why is Grandmother Nai Nai in pain at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) She has broken her back.
(b) Her feet were bound as a child, causing her never-ending pain.
(c) She has broken her arm.
(d) She has broken her hip.

4. Why does Adeline's relationship with PLT startle Aunt Baba?
(a) Adeline talks to it as if it were her baby sister.
(b) She worries for the duckling's safety.
(c) She allows the duckling in the house.
(d) She ignores the duckling completely.

5. Who is the only person who cannot give in to beg for tram fare from Niang?
(a) Big Sister.
(b) Adeline.
(c) Second Brother.
(d) Third Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nearly runs into Niang, listening covertly outside the bedroom door?

2. How does Adeline remember her telephone number?

3. Why are the siblings mad about their new gift?

4. What does Niang demand from the children in exchange for tram fare?

5. Which of these adjectives does NOT describe Big Sister and Adeline's haircuts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adeline do that Niang says she will never forgive?

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

3. How do Second Brother and Big Sister react to Adeline's medal at the dinner table?

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

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

6. Why does Niang become enraged after Aunt Baba brings up the subject of money at the dinner table?

7. How many children do Father and Niang have together?

8. Name three ways that Father and Niang institute their austerity program towards Adeline and her siblings (excluding Little Brother and Little Sister).

9. Why does the family consider Adeline to be bad luck?

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

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