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

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

3. Which of Adeline's family members visited her when she was in the hospital with pneumonia?
(a) Ye Ye.
(b) James.
(c) Gregory.
(d) Father.

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

5. How many children did the Shanghai police once find chained to the wall of a tin factory?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what floor did Grand Aunt have her flat?

2. What was the name of James' wife?

3. To what ages of children was a play writing competition open that Adeline entered?

4. How long after Grandmother's death, were Adeline, Lydia, Gregory, and Edgar taken to the train station?

5. How old was Adeline's mother when she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did James survive life with his stepmother?

2. What did Father decide about Adeline's future after she won a play writing competition?

3. Why did Ye Ye say that Adeline was being sent to Tianjin rather than Hong Kong?

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

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

6. What happened in 1939 when dikes on the Yellow River were deliberately dynamited?

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

8. How did Gregory solve his cash-flow problems?

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

10. What business did Grand Aunt's eldest brother establish?

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