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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Adeline's mother when she died?
(a) 30.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 31.

2. On what floor did Grand Aunt have her flat?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Sixth.

3. What type of top was on the large, oval table that Adeline, her siblings, and her stepmother gathered around?
(a) Granite.
(b) Marble.
(c) Oak.
(d) Walnut.

4. How many boarders were at Sacred Heart when Adeline was enrolled there?
(a) 72.
(b) 67.
(c) 71.
(d) 69.

5. When was Adeline's grand aunt born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1886.

6. After she was elected class president, who ran into Adeline when she was sitting on the stairs waiting for Aunt Baba to come home?
(a) Lydia.
(b) James.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Edgar.

7. What time did Adeline and her siblings gather to hear the reading of their father's will?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 5:30 p.m.
(c) 2:30 p.m.
(d) 4:30 p.m.

8. How old was Jeanne when she married Joseph?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

9. Where did Aunt Reine, Uncle Jean, and their family go after they left Hong Kong?
(a) Paris.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Madrid.
(d) London.

10. Who ran the school that Grand Aunt attended?
(a) Catholic nuns.
(b) British Congregationalists.
(c) American Methodists.
(d) French protestants.

11. Jeanne's mother was from ______________.
(a) Shandong Province.
(b) Gansu Province.
(c) Guangdong Province.
(d) Shaanxi Province.

12. When Ye Ye married, how old was his bride?
(a) 21.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 19.

13. How much extra would parents pay a month so their daughters could get extra food at Sacred Heart?
(a) $20.
(b) $15.
(c) $30.
(d) $25.

14. After the wedding, how long was it before Adeline saw her sister again?
(a) 29 years.
(b) 31 years.
(c) 32 years.
(d) 30 years.

15. How many guests attended Lydia and Samuel's wedding?
(a) 200.
(b) Over 500.
(c) About 400.
(d) 350.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lydia when she married Samuel?

2. When did Chairman Mao proclaim the founding of the People's Republic or China?

3. Where were the nuns from who ran Sacred Heart Convent School and Orphanage?

4. What was the name of a play that Adeline wrote?

5. What was the name of Adeline's friend who sat on Adeline's left at meals?

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