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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do Alexandra's parents say she is killing if she kills a spider?
(a) Her ancestors.
(b) Her pets.
(c) The spirits.
(d) The seasons.

3. Who is the first person to sell Alexandra weed in Ithaca?
(a) Henry.
(b) Rob.
(c) Mari.
(d) Hendry.

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

5. What insult does a kindergarten classmate say to Alexandra that is racist?
(a) Her nose is flat and ugly.
(b) Her hair is too dark.
(c) Her skin is yellow.
(d) Her eyes are funny.

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

7. Where does a former colleague of Alexandra's start working that makes her slightly jealous?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Caller.
(c) The Times-Picayune.
(d) The Herald.

8. Why is J nervous about his new program?
(a) He thinks it is too expensive.
(b) He is worried about how Alexandra will fit in.
(c) He is worried that he will be smarter than everyone else.
(d) He thinks everyone might be smarter than him.

9. What does Yamei Kin tell a New York audience that she is speaking of in 1904?
(a) The rising darkness.
(b) The unfairness of immigrants' wages.
(c) The coming race war.
(d) The white disaster.

10. What does a boy in Alexandra's high school ask her that is racist and inappropriate?
(a) Why Asian women always ate rice.
(b) Whether all Asian women had small breasts.
(c) Why Asian women had no body hair.
(d) Whether all Asian women had black nipples.

11. What kitchen items have inspirational sayings on them that Alexandra uses?
(a) Stickers on bread.
(b) Spoons.
(c) Bottle caps.
(d) Tea bags.

12. What does Alexandra's father do that causes her alarm in Part IV?
(a) Calls her in the wee hours of the morning.
(b) Cuts off all his hair.
(c) Faints.
(d) Checks himself into the hospital.

13. What year was interracial marriage banned in California up until?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1960.

14. Which company approaches Alexandra about working for them while she is on her road trip?
(a) Google.
(b) Facebook.
(c) SnapChat.
(d) LinkedIn.

15. What does Alexandra ask her sister to do more often in Part IV?
(a) Call their father.
(b) Call her.
(c) Plant a garden.
(d) Call their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Alexandra and J stop to see some of his relatives in their road trip?

2. What does Alexandra use to keep up with what is going on with her former colleagues when she moves to Ithaca?

3. What pets does Alexandra get in Part III?

4. How long does Alexandra work in her job for Facebook?

5. What writer does Chang quote at the beginning of Part III?

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