3. Why does Pearl not leave with Z. G.?
(a) She hopes to whisk Joy away.
(b) Joy will not leave the commune.
(c) She is in love with a man at the commune.
(d) Pearl has been ordered to stay at the commune.

4. What does Pearl think she would have done if life had treated her a bit more kindly?
(a) Found Joy and gotten out of China already.
(b) Married a young, handsome professor like Dun.
(c) Lived to a ripe old age in the Shanghai of her youth.
(d) Had several of her own children.

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

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

7. What has happened to Kumei from the age of five on?
(a) She has terrible, almost-daily headaches.
(b) She has had aspirations of becoming an artist.
(c) She has had terrible nightmares.
(d) She is raped nightly from her husband in an arranged marriage.

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

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

10. To where does Pearl walk?
(a) The train station.
(b) The large centrally-located park.
(c) The bus depot.
(d) Her old family home.

11. Who is not suspicious of Pearl?
(a) Dun.
(b) Her brother-in-law.
(c) Z. G.
(d) Her old nanny.

12. What does Tao say is the reason for the water buffalo's suffering?
(a) Punishment for deeds in a past life.
(b) There are no veterinarians in the area.
(c) The water buffalo won't let a human treat its wounds.
(d) He says there is no reason; it just is.

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

14. What does Joy realize are empty fantasies?
(a) Finding her real father.
(b) Joe's notion of moving to China with Joy.
(c) Finding any of her half sisters.
(d) Going to college on the East Coast.

15. Who is chasing Joy from the United States?
(a) Joe.
(b) May.
(c) Pearl.
(d) No one.