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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 is Karl's job?
(a) Tenor.
(b) Zookeeper.
(c) Schoolteacher.
(d) Traveling salesman.

2. Why does Eliza choose Wednesday to meet Joaquin?
(a) Rose will be at a friend's house.
(b) Rose is hosting a dance.
(c) Everyone is at church.
(d) Eliza is supposed to be at a friend's house that night.

3. What does Tao Chi'en give to Eliza to help her hide her identity?
(a) Men's clothes.
(b) A large tarp.
(c) A blond wig.
(d) A wedding ring.

4. When Eliza is a baby, Rose assumes her nationality is what?
(a) Turkish.
(b) English.
(c) Russian.
(d) Chilean.

5. Where is Tao Chi'en sold after ten years of slavery?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Canton.
(d) Hong Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paulina's father disapprove of her lover?

2. What is Jeremy's brother named?

3. What does the name Tao mean?

4. What is the name of the ship that Eliza boards?

5. Where does John's ship sail before going to England?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rose begin to behave after she realizes her daughter has run away?

2. Why does Agustin eventually allow Paulina to have a public wedding?

3. In what way is Rose's father more similar to her than to his sons?

4. Why don't Rose Sommers and Mama Fresia try to stop Eliza from delivering her letter to Joaquin?

5. Why does the ghost of Lin tell Tao Chi'en that he has to help Eliza when she becomes ill on the boat?

6. How does James feel about falling in love with a loose woman like Esther?

7. How does John convince Jacob to go back to England with him?

8. Why does Michael storm out of the Sommers' home never to return?

9. Overall, how are women fairing in California?

10. What does Lin's ghost tell Tao Chi'en when she visits him in "Joaquin"?

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