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

2. How much money was Lydia given for her dowry?
(a) $15,0000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $30,000.

3. How old was Miss Chien when Joseph and Niang fled to Hong Kong?
(a) Mid-forties.
(b) Mid-thirties.
(c) 27.
(d) 50.

4. Upon what river was Grand Aunt's hometown situated?
(a) Yangtse River.
(b) Nandu River.
(c) Huangpu River.
(d) Yong River

5. When did Britain demand and receive a 99 year lease on the Kowloon peninsula?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1898.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of the boarders at Sacred Heart were almost orphans?

3. Where was Joseph buried?

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

5. How old was Franklin when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lydia's brothers and half brother dress for the wedding?

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

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

4. What sibling was absent from the reading of the will and not listed in Joseph's obituary?

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

6. How did James survive life with his stepmother?

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

8. How and why did Dr. Ting spurn an arranged marriage?

9. Why did Baba decide not to go to Hong Kong with Joseph?

10. Why did Adeline fear Edgar the most?

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