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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pearl's contact help her do?
(a) Sneak into China.
(b) Set up a contact across in Hong Kong for mail forwarding.
(c) Contact the missing persons bureau of Shanghai.
(d) Contact the artist association of Beijing.

2. Who do the Chinese hope to overpower in the future?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Imperialistic countries.

3. Why does Joy accept Tao's offer of marriage?
(a) Because she loves him deeply.
(b) To spite her father.
(c) To retaliate against Pearl's comments about Tao.
(d) To ensure that she will stay in the commune forever.

4. What does Joy do when she finds her father coming out of a meeting?
(a) Decides she does not want to contact him yet.
(b) Follows him home.
(c) Starts crying on the street.
(d) Confronts him on the street.

5. What does Pearl say about Tao?
(a) He is wise beyond his years.
(b) He is insignificant.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He is a good match for Joy.

6. What are the peasants anxious to do?
(a) Abandon their marriages.
(b) Show how read their blood is.
(c) Marry Tao off to Joy.
(d) Help Z. G. with his latest gallery show.

7. Why is Joy not supposed to be pleased with her performance?
(a) She is not supposed to do better than others in the village.
(b) An American cannot do something well.
(c) She is an outsider.
(d) There is no place for pride in China.

8. When is the last time Pearl has been in China?
(a) As a teenager.
(b) When she is 9.
(c) When she is 40.
(d) When she is 28.

9. How does Z. G. view Joy's relationship with Tao?
(a) He thinks she is too good for Tao.
(b) He thinks Joy would ruin Tao's life.
(c) He thinks Joy would get bored with Tao.
(d) He thinks Tao would be a wonderful husband.

10. Who does May think about finding in China?
(a) Her half sister.
(b) Her aunt and uncle.
(c) Z. G.
(d) Her brother.

11. In what do the sisters write to each other?
(a) French.
(b) Code.
(c) Chinese.
(d) English.

12. Who explains to Pearl that China has a large export business?
(a) The agent in immigration.
(b) The CEO of the largest export business in China.
(c) A worker from Soo Yuen Benevolent Association.
(d) Z. G.

13. Where is Z.G. going in the morning?
(a) Court.
(b) The countryside.
(c) His mother's home.
(d) To an art exhibit.

14. What does Pearl finally admit to May?
(a) That Z. G. is dead.
(b) That Joy is ready to come home.
(c) That she has found Joy.
(d) That Pearl has decided to stay in China.

15. What job is Pearl given?
(a) Cook.
(b) Paper collector.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Laundress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Zodiac sign can include being tricky?

2. Where is Joy wandering just after she runs away from home?

3. In what typeface is the entire Prologue written?

4. What does Pearl think she would have done if life had treated her a bit more kindly?

5. To what is Pearl sentenced?

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