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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. How does Windrider's wife send letters to him?
(a) She dictates them.
(b) She writes in Chinese.
(c) She tells Moon Shadow to write what is happening.
(d) She draws pictures.

2. What does Moon Shadow do on his job?
(a) Files mail.
(b) Gives new clients tours.
(c) Delivers laundry..
(d) Refills ice chests.

3. What do Windrider's friends think about his dream?
(a) It is serious.
(b) It is a sign.
(c) It is fantasy.
(d) It is a lie.

4. Black Dog is caught stealing from _____________.
(a) A dead man.
(b) Bright Star.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) White Deer.

5. How does Moon Shadow describe Miss Whitlaw?
(a) Kindly.
(b) Uptight.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Moon Shadow at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Windrider think he died in his former life?

3. Who tells Moon Shadow he is to join his father in America?

4. What does Moon Shadow have to prove when he gets to America?

5. Why does Moon Shadow not go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Windrider a partner in the Company of the Peach Orchard Vow?

2. How has Moon Shadow come to respect his father?

3. Why were so many Chinese men unable to return to China after moving to America?

4. What is most upsetting to Bright Star about Black Dog?

5. Why did Moon Shadow's father take Windrider as his new name in America?

6. What does Moon Shadow call Americans, and why?

7. Why did so many Chinese men live in America at this time?

8. What do Windrider's co-workers do for him when Moon Shadow arrives?

9. What does Moon Shadow find strange about his father's room?

10. How does Moon Shadow feel about the stained glass window, and why?

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