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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Grand Aunt establish her own bank?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1918.

2. How long was the traditional Buddhist mourning period?
(a) 100 days.
(b) 150 days.
(c) 50 days.
(d) 75 days.

3. What did Samuel Sung study at the university?
(a) Law.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Business.

4. How old was Adeline when her brothers taught her to play bridge?
(a) Nine.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

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

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

7. How old was the corpse that Adeline and her dissection partner worked on?
(a) 76.
(b) 79.
(c) 83.
(d) 81.

8. What killed Ye Ye?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Diabetes.

9. How old was Samuel when he and Lydia married?
(a) 29.
(b) 31.
(c) 30.
(d) 28.

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

11. How much money did Adeline receive from her father annually?
(a) 400 pounds.
(b) 700 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 600 pounds.

12. How old was Adeline when her mother died?
(a) Three weeks old.
(b) Five days old.
(c) Two weeks old.
(d) One day old.

13. What is the date at the beginning of the book?
(a) April 15, 1988.
(b) June 30, 1988.
(c) May 19, 1988.
(d) March 24, 1988.

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

15. In what type of cemetery was Joseph buried?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Buddhist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of James' wife?

2. When did Samuel Sung return to China after studying in America?

3. How much money had Baba given Adeline that Adeline intended to use for a school mate's birthday present?

4. What color bedspread was Lydia given when she moved down to the first floor?

5. After the collapse of the Kumomintang army in Manchuria, by how much did Tianjin's population swell?

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