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

2. When did the Manchu dynasty come to an end?
(a) July 13, 1911.
(b) September 15, 1911.
(c) October 10, 1911.
(d) August 18, 1911.

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

4. Where was Joseph buried?
(a) South Point.
(b) North Point.
(c) East Point.
(d) West Point.

5. On the train, how long a journey was it for Aunt Baba to go from Shanghai to Tianjin?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the ocean liner that James and Adeline sailed on when they went to England?

2. From where did Samuel Sung earn a master's degree?

3. When did Gregory and Edgar leave Shanghai for Hong Kong and then England?

4. How much money did Adeline receive from her father annually?

5. How many years did Grand Aunt work for the Bank of Shanghai?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did James get out of China in 1951?

3. What was Hong Kong like in 1949?

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

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. Who was C. S. Tang?

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

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

10. What was Ren Yong-ping's background?

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