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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 the corpse that Adeline and her dissection partner worked on?
(a) 76.
(b) 79.
(c) 81.
(d) 83.

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

3. How many cinemas did Tianjin have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. How much of her salary did Aunt Baba give Ye Ye?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

5. When was Adeline's grand aunt born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1879.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Adeline's family members visited her when she was in the hospital with pneumonia?

3. How old was Jeanne when she married Joseph?

4. When Adeline attended medical school, what percentage of students were female?

5. When did Lydia and Samuel return to Tianjin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How and why did Mis Chien try to curry Aunt Baba's favor after Joseph and Niang left for Hong Kong with their children?

3. Who was C. S. Tang?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was Hong Kong like in 1949?

10. Why did Niang and Father tell Lydia that she had to marry?

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