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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 long did Niang stay in bed one time because of an argument with Father?
(a) Eight days.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) Five days.

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

3. When Adeline attended medical school, what percentage of students were female?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) Less than 15 percent.
(d) Less than 20 percent.

4. To what ages of children was a play writing competition open that Adeline entered?
(a) 12-18.
(b) 10-19.
(c) 11-15.
(d) 9-16.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Adeline when her brothers taught her to play bridge?

2. When did Adeline begin kindergarten?

3. After the wedding, how long was it before Adeline saw her sister again?

4. When did Grand Aunt establish her own bank?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when a group of girls from Adeline's school came to her house after Adeline became class president?

2. Why didn't Aunt Baba tell Grand Aunt the real reason why she wanted her old job back?

3. Who was C. S. Tang?

4. How did Adeline describe her father in the prologue?

5. Where did Adeline, her siblings, and her stepmother gather for the reading of Joseph's will?

6. What were the burial rites for Adeline's grandmother?

7. Why did the other girls begin to overlook Adeline's poverty?

8. How were legal cases tried during the late 19th century in China?

9. What was Hong Kong like in 1949?

10. How did Adeline describe her grandfather Ye Ye in Chapter 1?

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