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

2. Where is Adeline dropped off by Niang and Fourth Brother?
(a) The Sacred Blessings Orphanage.
(b) The Hong Kong School for Homeless Children.
(c) The Hong Kong School for the Gifted.
(d) The Sacred Heart School and Orphanage.

3. Where is Adeline dropped off?
(a) At St. Joseph's in Tianjin.
(b) At an orphanage in Hong Kong.
(c) At an orphanage in Beijing.
(d) At St. Joseph's in Shanghai.

4. Where does Father and Niang take Adeline?
(a) Bejing.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Tianjin.

5. How many people attend Big Sister's wedding?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Shillings travel after they leave Hong Kong?

2. What is the one thing Adeline wishes would come true?

3. Who nearly plays a trick on Ye Ye?

4. What do the siblings nickname the room where Little Sister and Fourth Brother live?

5. Where is Adeline brought to when her friends are downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Adeline finally able to attend Wu Chen-mei's birthday party?

2. Why does Adeline reject the egg she is finally given? What reason does she give for not eating it?

3. What is Adeline's initial punishment from Niang and what does Adeline wish for?

4. Which Shakespeare play does Adeline have an emotional reaction to during class and why?

5. Describe what happens shortly after Adeline returns home after winning the class presidency.

6. How does November 30th become Adeline birthday date?

7. How do the students treat Adeline the next day at school after Niang's outrage?

8. How is it decided who will sleep on the cots on the China Star?

9. Describe what happens with the wedding gifts that arrive at the house.

10. Describe the scene as all of the boarders leave for the holidays.

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