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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 do the children refer to the floor where Father, Niang, Fourth Brother and Little Sister live?
(a) The Kingdom.
(b) The Holy of Holies.
(c) The Sacred Dominion.
(d) Heaven.

2. What is the name of the dog that greets the children and what type of dog is he?
(a) Mickey is a Pit Bull.
(b) Jackie is a Doberman Pincher.
(c) Jackie is a German Shepard.
(d) Jermaine is a German Shepard.

3. 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.

4. What makes Father and Niang immediately angry in relation to the children's school?
(a) Ye Ye has been giving them tram fare without their knowledge so they wouldn't have to walk every day.
(b) The school has increased its tuition.
(c) They need new uniforms.
(d) The school has kicked the children out.

5. How long is Adeline allowed to wear her medal?
(a) One day.
(b) Four days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adeline feed PLT?

2. From where does Adeline call home after getting lost after school?

3. Why does Adeline leave her school alone after it is over for the day?

4. What does Adeline's father give her after she gets lost?

5. How old is Adeline's stepmother, Niang, when she marries Adeline's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe PLT's death.

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

7. Describe Adeline's experience leaving school on the first day.

8. What mysteriously happens shortly after the Japanese start to look for Father at his house?

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

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

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