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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 121 - 180).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase did the schoolyard kids use to tease Alexandra with?
(a) They called her a poor girl.
(b) Mean words about her eyes.
(c) Her name backwards - Jing Zhang.
(d) A Chinese song that was popular back then.

2. What does Alexandra get in Part I that she does not use very much until she never uses it again?
(a) A standing desk.
(b) A bottle opener.
(c) A car.
(d) A new mobile phone.

3. Where does J's family sometimes rent a beach house?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Middleton Texas.
(c) Santa Cruz.
(d) South Beach, Florida.

4. What is a major defining feature of Ithaca?
(a) The flowers.
(b) The new housing.
(c) All the water features - lakes and waterfalls.
(d) The ghost stories.

5. Which of the following superstitions do Alexandra's parents pass down to her?
(a) If her ears are burning hot, someone is thinking of her.
(b) If her nose is running, she is going to have bad luck.
(c) If she trips, someone will die.
(d) If she bakes a dessert with lemons in it, someone will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is J selected for in Ithaca that most of his cohort is not?

2. What is the main feature of the weather in Ithaca when Alexandra and J arrive?

3. What does Alexandra's mother advise her to say back to the classmate who makes fun of her in kindergarten?

4. What neighborhood in San Francisco do Alexandra and J live in?

5. What does Alexandra's seventh grade history teacher say about Chinese people that is racist?

(see the answer key)

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