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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. What injury does Big Sister have?
(a) She has a clubbed foot.
(b) She is missing fingers on her left hand.
(c) Her left arm was paralyzed from a birth injury.
(d) She is dyslexic.

2. Why does Adeline leave her school alone after it is over for the day?
(a) She thinks she can make the walk by herself and rejects her family members.
(b) She wants to prove she is independent.
(c) She is too embarrassed to ask for help.
(d) She fears walking home with Big Sister.

3. How old is Adeline's stepmother, Niang, when she marries Adeline's father?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eighteen.

4. Who helps Adeline to bury PLT?
(a) Big Sister.
(b) Niang.
(c) Third Brother.
(d) Aunt Baba.

5. What is the name of the new tutor-nanny who gives Big Sister the creeps?
(a) Miss Chien.
(b) Miss Nei.
(c) Miss Chu.
(d) Miss Fei.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Little Sister the last time she saw Niang?

2. Where does Ye Ye take Adeline and her siblings after Nai Nai's death?

3. What do the Huangs bring the children?

4. Who comes to get Adeline after she is lost after school?

5. Who kills PLT?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Aunt Baba do whenever something bad happens to Adeline?

4. Who does Father remarry after their mother dies?

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

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

7. Describe PLT's death.

8. Describe how the children plot against Niang and the final result of their actions.

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

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

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