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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) $15,0000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $30,000.

2. When did Father, Niang, Franklin, and Susan leave for Hong Kong ahead of the Communists?
(a) January, 1949.
(b) December, 1948.
(c) February, 1949.
(d) November, 1948.

3. What did Adeline name her little duckling?
(a) Precious Little Treasure.
(b) Mack.
(c) Little One.
(d) Little Quack.

4. What color bedspread was Lydia given when she moved down to the first floor?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

5. How tall was Grand Aunt?
(a) 5 ft. 2 in.
(b) 4 ft. 11 in.
(c) 5 ft. 7 in.
(d) 5 ft. 4 in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far was the eastern side of Grand Aunt's hometown from the Pacific Ocean?

3. What time did Adeline and her siblings gather to hear the reading of their father's will?

4. When Ye Ye married, how old was his bride?

5. How old was the corpse that Adeline and her dissection partner worked on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why, even at the time the book was written, did Shanghai's architecture reflect the influence of foreign traders?

4. In the late 1920s, how was Shanghai different from the rest of China?

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

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

7. Who was C. S. Tang?

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

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

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

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